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Püschel, Louis ; Schlott, Helen ; Röglinger, Maximilian:
What’s in a Smart Thing? : Development of a Multi-layer Taxonomy.
In:
Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). -
Dublin, Ireland
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2016
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Abstract in another language
Digital technologies immerse in our private lives and force to rethink business practices. Among the emerging digital technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT) is attributed tremendous disruptive potential. The IoT refers to the equipment of physical things with sensor and communication technology and their integration into the networked society. Until today, the IoT is low on theoretical insights. Most notably, smart things, which constitute a vital building block of the IoT and the foundation of IoT-based business models, have been neglected by academic research. Our study complements existing studies on the IoT by taking a smart thing’s perspective. We developed a multi-layer taxonomy of smart things that comprises ten dimensions structured along the architectural layers of existing IoT stacks (i.e., the thing itself, interaction, data, and services). To evaluate our taxonomy, we used a sample of 50 real-life smart things that include all current IoT application domains from B2C context.