ITAIDE Information Infrastructure (I3) framework

Abstract

This chapter introduces and explains the ITAIDE Information Infrastructure (I3) Framework, which is a multidimensional framework for analysing and describing how IT-related innovations can eventually lead to accelerated trade by introducing trade simplifications to traders who can prove that they are in control of their business. The core idea is that IT-related innovations in the information infrastructure supporting international trade can enable traders to both keep full control of their business and also prove to governmental agencies that they are in control and should be rewarded the benefits of trade simplifications. This scenario may, at the same time, improve security and control in international trade, as it also lowers the administrative burden associated with trade. However, for this scenario to come true, there is a need to reshape the information infrastructure supporting international trade in such a way that it enables this new set of thinking about customs controls. This chapter takes a starting point in the literature on information infrastructures and illustrates how to reshape them. The focus in this chapter is on the information infrastructures as a unified whole, while the details of each constituent of the new information infrastructure are presented in consecutive chapters. Finally, we address how to bring the reshaped information infrastructure into use. © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.