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Kemmerling, Michael ORCID: 0000-0002-5733-9414 and Trampusch, Christine ORCID: 0000-0003-1024-2065 (2023). Digital power resources (DPR): the political economy of structural and infrastructural business power in digital(ized) capitalism. Socio-Economic Review, 21 (4). pp. 1851-1876. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1475-147X

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Abstract

Studies on digitalization and business power tend to focus on digital platform firms. In contrast, we argue that data, digital technologies and digital infrastructures create novel digital power resources (DPR) for firms throughout sectors. DPR can be structural, that is, rooted in data and digital technologies, and infrastructural, that is, rooted in digital infrastructure. We propose indicators and apply them to a sample of 120 large firms from the USA, UK, France and Germany, active in five sectors. We find that firms from all sectors control DPR but the sectoral distribution varies depending on the national political-economic context. Lastly, we demonstrate the analytical value added of our concept by explaining variation in business preferences and strategies toward data sovereignty and data-sharing regulation in the German automotive sector. Our DPR concept improves our understanding of why and how business seeks to influence (digital) policies and politics in digital(ized) capitalism in general.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kemmerling, Michael UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5733-9414 UNSPECIFIED Trampusch, Christine UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1024-2065 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-661944
DOI:	10.1093/ser/mwac059
Journal or Publication Title:	Socio-Economic Review
Volume:	21
Number:	4
Page Range:	pp. 1851-1876
Date:	2023
Publisher:	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1475-147X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Political Science > Cologne Center for Comparative Politics
Subjects:	Social sciences Political science Public administration
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language STATE Multiple languages Economics; Political Science; Sociology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66194