Innovations

Data Economy Evaluator

Problems addressed

Organizations lack standardized, repeatable tools to quantify the economic return, quality, and sustainability of sharing data in Data Spaces.

Unique Value Proposition

Specializes POLITO’s Lean Business GUEST methodology to evaluate the financial, environmental, operational, and social viability of data assets and transaction policies.

Validated UC & Key Performance Benchmark

(Where was it tested, and what exact performance improvement or resource reduction did it achieve?)

Tested in:
Car-sharing services (Turin): Tested across 4 operators using real traffic data from 150 samples.
Last-mile logistics (Turin): Tested with an international parcel-delivery company evaluating mixed fleets (vans & cargo bikes).

Hard metrics:
Simulation standard deviation <10% of the mean for expected annual user costs.

Target Stakeholder Segments

(Who adopts/Hands-on Users)

Innovation Managers, Policy Makers, Data Space Governance Boards, Regulators, and Strategy Consultants

Key Industry / Vertical Markets

(Where it is deployed)

Policy Bodies, Data Space Orchestrators, Public Administration, and Management Consultancies

License Model & IP and Commercial Strategy

(Open Source License)

Open Source License: Permissive Open Source Core combined with commercial dual-licensing for enterprise deployment.

Commercial Streams: Non-exclusive commercial licensing for requesting organisations (e.g., consulting firms and data space integrators) based on a fixed and variable fee structure.
Bilateral collaboration & Research agreements for organisations intending to deploy the asset internally for innovation groups and R&D units.

Proprietary Strategy:
Software Copyright & Trade Secrets; Contractual IP Protection (NDAs/EULAs/SLAs)

Availability

(Code Repository link)

Open Source License: Permissive Open Source Core combined with commercial dual-licensing for enterprise deployment.

Commercial Streams: Non-exclusive commercial licensing for requesting organisations (e.g., consulting firms and data space integrators) based on a fixed and variable fee structure.
Bilateral collaboration & Research agreements for organisations intending to deploy the asset internally for innovation groups and R&D units.

Proprietary Strategy:
Software Copyright & Trade Secrets; Contractual IP Protection (NDAs/EULAs/SLAs)

Estimated Time to Market

2 year post-project