W7171614236 Working papers AI × management and organizations

Digital Public Infrastructure and the Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence: Public Capability and Contestable Governance

Hamish Simmonds

Also recorded as: doi:10.2139/ssrn.6776478 · ssrn:6776478

ssrn abstract page · 2026-05-19

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The abstract treats digital public infrastructure as a public administrative capability shaped by governance, legal authority, standards, procurement, accountability, and democratic contestability.

confidence: high ssrn-abstract-page apw-e1-ssrn-backfill

Scope: abstract-level institutional and governance framework

The paper argues that adding AI turns this infrastructure toward classification, prediction, prioritization, recommendation, and judgment, and it analyzes how governance redistributes power among states, firms, and citizens.

confidence: high ssrn-abstract-page apw-e1-ssrn-backfill

Scope: abstract-level AI-enabled institutional governance contribution

At inspection time, the public Organizations & Markets: Formal & Informal Structures all-years search for artificial intelligence displayed this work among 50 postings.

confidence: high ssrn-ejournal-listing apw-e1-ssrn-backfill

Scope: universe: filtered O&M Formal & Informal Structures listing; unit: posting; period: all years through 2026-08-20; denominator: 50 displayed postings

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  • O&M membership is evidenced by the retained public Formal & Informal Structures listing result. Its result URL is session-contextual and omits the journal_id; the retained bytes display the exact family label, query, and 50-posting denominator.
  • The work concerns public institutional design rather than firm-level management and is included under the rubric's governance and market-institution scope.
  • The abstract page is all-rights-reserved with no reuse without permission; the record paraphrases only.

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