The study Cross-cutting Business Models for the Internet of Things focuses on identifying promising areas for cross-cutting Internet of Things (IoT) activities and their corresponding business models. Market- and technology-related success factors and barriers, as well as the social impact of...

This Final Report is the result of: 'Cross-border data flow in the digital single market: study on data location restrictions' (SMART 2015/0054), undertaken by time.lex, Spark Legal Network and Tech4i2. The objectives of the study were to a) identify and analyse legal and non-legal barriers that...

Europe has all the assets to succeed if it takes the necessary measures: • complete the digital single market; • invest in world-class data economy infrastructure; • invest in very high-capacity connectivity; • step up the digitisation of industry; • support start-ups to scale up; •...

Europe has all the assets to succeed if it takes the necessary measures: • complete the digital single market; • invest in world-class data economy infrastructure; • invest in very high-capacity connectivity; • step up the digitisation of industry; • support start-ups to scale up; •...

This report introduces the International Digital Economy and Society Index (I-DESI), which evaluates the digital performance of EU countries and the EU as a whole, in comparison to 15 other countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Korea (Rep.), Mexico, New Zealand,...

This report presents the results from a new Eurobarometer survey that considers one aspect of e-commerce and the digital market: selling goods and services online. In particular, it focusses on retail and services SMEs in 10 Member States, and their use of search engines and online marketplaces...

This report presents the results from a new Eurobarometer survey about the use of online platforms within the EU, focusing especially on search engines, online social networks and online marketplaces. It also explores a range of issues relating to the use of these online platforms, including...

Fast, secure, and widespread connectivity is essential for the deployment of the technologies that will bring us into tomorrow's world. To ensure that our digital transition is successful, the EU set specific connectivity targets to be reached by 2030 in the policy programme for the digital...