The paper focuses on the first public programs in Spain to support the introduction of cloud computing services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro-SMEs, and facilitating the digital transformation of SMEs, stimulating e-commerce and encouraging competitiveness. The paper...

The service sector is the largest and fastest growing sector in India and has the highest labor productivity, but employment has not kept pace with the share of the sector in gross domestic product and has not produced the number or quality of jobs needed. There is no policy leading to inclusive...

The global economic slowdown has again highlighted the vulnerability of export-led development models and economies to downturns in export markets. Economic deepening or rebalancing with an emphasis on service-sector development should be - and is becoming - one long-term response to the crisis...

The global economic slowdown has again highlighted the vulnerability of export-led development models and economies to downturns in export markets. Economic deepening or "rebalancing" with an emphasis on service-sector development should be - and is becoming - one long-term response to the...

The global economic slowdown has again highlighted the vulnerability of export-led development models and economies to downturns in export markets. Economic deepening or “rebalancing” with an emphasis on service-sector development should be - and is becoming - one long-term response to the...

Digital convergence thrusts telephony, television and the internet into the socalled 'triple play' offerings, creating new forms of rivalry between cable operators and telephone companies. Markets participants feel compelled to enter new industries to survive, even though their core competencies...

Distributed Ledger form the basis of Blockchain applications. A Sovereign Distributed Ledger (SDL) will be a Sovereign Authority designed, built, maintained and secured Distributed Ledger. The SDLs will allow for the hosting of Blockchain and Non-Blockchain Distributed Ledger based Public...

The report provides an overview and an analysis of the state of digitalization in Austria's economy. The findings are mixed. Austria performs well in the manufacturing industries but is lagging in the service sector compared to the innovation leader countries of the “European Innovation...