The "Sectoral e-Business Watch" (SeBW) studies the impact of ICT and e-business on enterprises, industries and the economy in general. It highlights barriers for a wider or faster uptake of ICT and identifies public policy challenges arising from these developments. In this way, the SeBW supports the work of the European Commission's Enterprise and Industry Directorate General in the field of ICT (> policy context).

In 2009, the overarching themes of the studies are ICT & energy, ICT skills and ICT policy. In line with the prevailing e-Business Watch approach, two sectoral and three cross-sectoral studies are being carried out.

The "Sectoral e-Business Watch" is based on a service contract between DG Enterprise and Industry and empirica GmbH, involving the following main service providers: DIW Berlin, GOPA-Cartermill, IDC EMEA, and Ipsos GmbH (> project team).

News & announcements

• 29/06/09
  The CEN Workshop on Cyber Identity has recently published a draft CWA on Cyber Identity for organizations which is available for public comment until end of July. The document will be presented during a meeting in Paris on 9 July 2009. Agenda and draft CWA are available here.

Chart of the month - June 2009

Retail companies selling online

The survey was conducted in 7 EU Member States (DE, FR, IT, ES, PL, SE, UK) and in the USA.
Base (100%) = companies using computers;
N (Retail, EU-7 and USA) = 1151.
Weighting: Figures for sector totals and countries are weighted by employment ("firms representing x% of employment in the sector / country"), figures for size-bands in % of firms.

More information: European e-Business Report 2008

 

Forthcoming studies

e-Business sector studies:

1. ICT in the glass, cement and ceramic industry
2. The energy supply industry & ICT

Cross-sectoral ICT studies :

1. ICT impact on greenhouse gas emissions in energy intensive industries
2. An economic assessment of ICT-related industrial policy
3. e-Skills demand, developments and challenges in manufacturing industries

Recently finished studies (December 2008)

e-Business sector studies:

1. Chemical, rubber and plastics
2. Steel
3. Furniture
4. Retail
5. Transport & logistics
6. Banking

Cross-sectoral ICT studies:

1. RFID adoption and implications
2. Intellectual property rights for ICT-producing SMEs
3. The implications of ICT for energy consumption
4. An e conomic assessment of ICT adoption and its impact on innovation and performance
5. ICT standards in the health sector

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