On special topics

Forthcoming studies on special topics

RFID

The study will provide a top-down view of RFID adoption roadmap and challenges, starting from the overall picture at European level. An analysis by macro-industry will then be conducted, focusing on comparing RFID adoption patterns and drivers across the manufacturing, retail and transportation sectors.
Exposé
Full Report (forthcoming June 2008)

Intellectual Property for ICT producing SMEs

The study will address the universe of ICT-producing SMEs, including ICT manufacturing and services SMEs, excluding purely commercial-oriented enterprises. The main issues to be investigated will be: State of the Art, IP and ICT SMEs competitiveness, IPP and ICT SMEs participation in cooperative research programmes, Economic and Policy implications.
Exposé
Full Report (forthcoming June 2008)

Economic Impact and Drivers of ICT Adoption and Diffusion

The purpose of this special report is essentially threefold: (1) to report on the methodology, theoretical and empirical model specifications and data sets used; (2) to provide a synopsis of the empirical results obtained (incl. results from selected cross-sectional comparisons); and (3) to present the conclusions and policy recommendations that can be drawn from the analysis.
Exposé
Full Report (forthcoming June 2008)
Interim Report - Executive Summary

ICT and e-Business Implications for Energy Consumption

The motivation for undertaking this analysis is twofold: The prime motivation is to determine which effect dominates in the European industries, an issue of great importance in light of global climate change, other environmental problems, and concerns about future energy supply security. The analysis focuses on the energy consumption changes induced by the spreading of ICT in ICT-using sectors. A second motivation for the analysis is to study the impact of changes in energy price. Particularly, it is interesting to investigate the relative and the combined impact of ICT and e-business diffusion and energy prices on energy consumption of ICT-using industries, and also to study the extent to which the spreading of ICT and e-business in the sectors studied are able to affect the price responsiveness of energy demand.
Exposé
Full Report (forthcoming June 2008)

Assessment of ICT standards in the health sector

This study will provide a structured overview of the most important ICT standards in health as well as of approaches to standardisation and explore the main trends in their development and deployment, thereby paying particular attention to standards for electronic patient records. Furthermore, the study will discuss economic implications of a lack of common standards in the health sector and propose policy implications, including mechanisms for a more intensive involvement of the ICT industry in the development of standards.
Exposé
Full Report (forthcoming June 2008)

Impact of ICT on Corporate Performance, Productivity and Employment Dynamics

This study deals with the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on corporate performance, productivity and employment dynamics. Its objective is to summarise recent research results on this topic based on a literature review and to develop and test hypotheses using data from the e-Business Survey 2006 conducted by e-Business W@tch.
Executive Summary (.html)
Full report (.pdf)

The role of new companies in e-business innovation and diffusion

The objective of this study is to analyse the role of new companies for the introduction and take-up of new e-business applications, i.e. for e-business innovation and diffusion. The analysis has led to conclusions for business impacts with regard to single enterprises and industry structure as well as to policy implications. The report takes up on the importance of new companies for innovation and economic growth which has been commonly acknowledged by political decision makers and researchers. It is a crosssector report that does not focus on particular industries. The analysis is based on literature findings, secondary statistical data, qualitative findings from case studies and a survey among the members of the e-Business W@tch 2006 Advisory Board as well as quantitative data from the e-Business Survey 2006.
Executive Summary (.html)
Full report (.pdf)

Handbook on ICT Indicators, with a Pilot Study on Time-Distances in e-Commerce Adoption

This study focuses on statistics on ICT use. It discusses issues related to the definition of indicators on ICT use and presents challenges that are related to the corresponding data collection.
Executive Summary (.html)
Full report (.pdf)

International Outlook on Electronic Business Developments

The objective of this special study is to present a comparative analysis of current e-business monitoring activities in major economies of the world, to summarise the main findings, and compare these initiatives with equivalent activities in the European Union (EU).
Executive Summary (.html)
Full report (.pdf)

Standardisation and Interoperability

This study focuses on the concepts, application and adoption of e-business interoperability and standards. It is intended as a sourcebook of reliable current background information, source data and indicative findings for SME business managers and public policy strategists.
Executive Summary (.html)
Full report (.pdf)

ICT Security

This study has two objectives: (1) to investigate the incidence and pattern of damage from ICT security breaches and the extent of controls and other measures introduced by European enterprise to counter these threats; and (2) to summarise evidence on the uptake of e-invoicing and e-payment activity among firms from the 10 sectors covered by the e-Business W@tch in 2005.
Executive Summary (.html)
Full report (.pdf)