Digital power resources (DPR): the political economy of structural and infrastructural business power in digital(ized) capitalism

被引:17
作者
Kemmerling, Michael [1 ,2 ]
Trampusch, Christine [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cologne, Int Max Planck Res Sch Social & Polit Constitut E, Cologne, Germany
[2] Univ Cologne, Cologne Ctr Comparat Polit CCCP, Cologne, Germany
关键词
technological change; power; multinational firms; political economy; STATE;
D O I
10.1093/ser/mwac059
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:1851 / 1876
页数:26
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