This study presents the situation of the electronic value-chain (end-user electronic equipment & systems, electronic components, materials & tools...), in the world in 2017 and describes the position of the EU in terms of activity, production, main R&D and industrial players, value-chain...

Healthcare electronics are a very particular market, largely dominated by health organisations (hospitals, clinics, social security and insurance) who are the customers, the operators, and who often finance patient expenses. The Healthcare electronics segment is small today, compared to the...

Digital media, and in particular social media, have a strong influence on individual and societal development. With their expansive reach, they shape our relationships and, by extension, our personalities, collective behaviours, and culture. To address this, the Commission initiated a study on...

This study supports the European Commission in reporting on the implementation of the Digital Decade policy programme (DDPP), by assessing the EU's digital performance in the international context. The study benchmarks the EU against seven non-EU countries identified as digitalisation global...

The thematic scope of the study covers EU digital performance relative to the benchmark countries, with the analysis being framed according to the four cardinal points of the Digital Decade: (1) digital skills; (2) digital infrastructure; (3) the digital transformation of businesses; and (4)...

In order to exercise their rights, authors and performers typically transfer those rights to third parties. The rules and practices governing such transfers vary across Member States (MS) and sectors (i.e. music, audiovisual, visual arts, literary works or videogames). Additionally, it is worth...

In order to exercise their rights, authors and performers typically transfer those rights to third parties. The rules and practices governing such transfers vary across Member States (MS) and sectors (i.e. music, audiovisual, visual arts, literary works or videogames). Additionally, it is worth...

With the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme coming to an end in 2020, the question of the long-term sustainability of the CEF-funded Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs) beyond the programme needs to be addressed. The objective of this study was to assist policy makers in selecting the...

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,...