This report presents case studies from 30 European countriesfor which validated information was available to theproject by the end of November 2008.This informationreflects the situation of the cases at the date ofdelivery to the project by national correspondents duringthe time period...

The retail industry, an important contributor to the European economy, isbeing affected by changes induced by information and communication technologies(ICT) and e-business. As a result, retailers have come to embrace ICT and e-businessto various degrees. This paper aims to illustrate the...

This paper presents findings about the use of ICT and e-business in the steel industry as well as related impacts and policy implications. The study was carried out in the framework of the Sectoral e-Business Watch, a service to the European Commission’s DG Enterprise and Industry. In the...

This paper analyses key issues towards a research roadmap for eHealth supported patient safety. The raison d'etre for research in this area is the high number of adverse patient events and deaths that could be avoided if better safety and risk management mechanisms were in place. The benefits...

As the Information Society turns from a concept to a European reality, the question of ensuring the accessibility and inclusiveness of such a society besomes impossible to ignore. EU policy makers are called on to draw up a coherent answer to this question but are facing considerable...

It is a dissertation about “Towards a European Approach for Monitoring eInclusion”. The main points are Measuring access, Internet access, Functional restrictions and Measuring competence.

The dissertation is about Compound Indicators, DIDIX, Regional divide, Digital Divide, eInclusion of older Europeans and the Riga Index. It is a Workshop towards a European Approach for Monitoring eInclusion.

The dissertation is about what is the eInclusion@EU project about, what is eInclusion policy about, how to support the policy process by means of eInclusion monitoring and what to achieve during today.