Three Different Ways to Skin a Cat: Financialization in the Emergence of National e-ID Solutions

Authors

Ben Eaton, Department of the Digital Economy, Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK;Follow
Jonas Hedman, Department of IT Management, Copenhagen Business School, Howitzvej 60, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Rony Medaglia, Department of IT Management, Copenhagen Business School, Howitzvej 60, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark

Document Type

Research Article

Abstract

The growing phenomenon of financialization influences an array of societal dimensions that go beyond the economic realm, to include public policy-making and information technology (IT). This study presents a cross-country analysis of the emergence of national electronic identification (e-ID) solutions as the result of interaction between the financial and the public sector in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Drawing on on-line sources, documents, and interviews with key actors in the three cases, we adopt a cross-disciplinary perspective by applying the lens of collective action theory to identify the role of interests, resources, and governance in the emergence of national e-ID solutions. Findings show that different governance solutions can emerge as the result of the convergence of interests and of interdependency of resources between the actors over time. We contribute to research on financialization and IT by proposing a dialectic process model and identifying five mechanisms that drive the process forward.

DOI

10.1057/s41265-017-0036-8

Recommended Citation

Eaton, Ben; Hedman, Jonas; and Medaglia, Rony (2018) "Three Different Ways to Skin a Cat: Financialization in the Emergence of National e-ID Solutions," Journal of Information Technology: Vol. 33: Iss. 1, Article 6.
DOI: 10.1057/s41265-017-0036-8
Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/jit/vol33/iss1/6