Exploring digital government initiatives to expand full information product pricing (FIPP) networks in NAFTA

ABSTRACT

This poster describes research in progress made by the Research Group on Comparative and Transnational Digital government in North America. The main purpose of this project is to explore the impact of product labeling, information architectures and government-sponsored information policies on the expansion of the market share of organic, fair trade, and eco-friendly products in the NAFTA region. In these alternative markets, price is often complemented with information conveying the conditions under which a product is produced and distributed, which is transmitted through trusting networks or certifiable labels such as "Organic" or "Fair Trade." We call such networks Full Information Product Pricing (FIPP) Networks. The transparency of FIPP networks, enabled by the information technology and associated policy and standards, may have the potential to supplement a compliance-enforcement approach with a more market-based voluntary approach that relies on shifts in producer and consumer behavior to significantly expand the share of worker and environmentally friendly products traded. In this paper, we discuss our research focus, research plan, and results from preliminary studies.

REFERENCES

• 1: Jing Zhang , Réjean Roy , Monique Charbonneau , Luis F. Luna-Reyes , Irak López Dávila , Josune Arcelus de Diego , David F. Anderson , Gabriel Cid , Karen Bryce , Tino DeMarco , Andy Whitmore, Exploring digital government initiatives to expand Full Information Product Pricing (FIPP) networks in NAFTA, Proceedings of the 2008 international conference on Digital government research, May 18-21, 2008, Montreal, Canada
• 2: D. F. Andersen, L. F. Luna-Reyes, A. Whitmore, et al., "Exploring the Dynamics of Full Information Product Pricing Networks: the Case of Fair Trade Coffee in Mexico," in 2008 International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Athens, Greece, 2008.
• 3: L. F. Luna-Reyes, J. Zhang, R. Roy, D. F. Andersen, M. Andersen, J. Arcelus de Diego, and A. Whitmore, "Information Strategies to Support Full Information Product Pricing: the Role of Trust," in HICSS-42, Waikoloa, Hawaii, 2009.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.4 INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
      H.4.2 Types of Systems

General Terms:
Design, Economics, Human Factors, Management, Performance, Theory

Keywords:
digital government, inter-organizational, multi-jurisdictional, transnational collaboration