Most of the services are provided by independent contracted providers, at the core of which are 4,
at a time (1989 94) when computer and communication technology was sophisticated much less than today. Many of the same barriers mentioned above were encountered by Maccabi as it made key decisions in the process of developing its system.
negotiating significant group discounts on the purchase of hardware, providing interest-free loans for purchasing Kaye, Kokia, Shalev, Idar and Chinitz 170 W s. Maney & Son Ltd
JUNE 2010 hardware with convenient repayment conditions and providing the software at no charge to the physician.
A collaborative process: The strategy for achieving the goals of the project was comprised of the following components and steps:
to oversee the adaptation of the core medical record and to provide ongoing feedback during implementation. 2. A minimum data set was agreed upon,
the insertion of the magnetic membership card into the physician's computer automatically populated the screen with the patient's demographic information,
the initial screen presented the doctor with a summary of the medical information on the patient,
electronic referrals for diagnostic tests ensure that the results are transmitted automatically back to the doctor's computer, etc.
JUNE 2010 173 are equipped not to make about both hardware and software. This means providing massive training and support to help doctors learn to use the new technology
we needed doctors who had a knack for computers to help the IT people build‘doctor-friendly'systems.
23 6-Implications and Research Outlook...23 7-Summary...25 LIST OF ANNEXES References BARRIERS TO INNOVATION IN SMES:
Challenges associated with the chances of global innovation are discussed in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 entails general implications and research outlook.
According to a Mckinsey study, a software developer costs 60 USD an hour in USA. A software developer with similar skill costs only one-tenth of this amount in India (MGI, 2003.
The starting salary of a software developer working for the German software firm SAP in India was reported at 8, 000 euros per annum in 2004,
while the salary for a similarly qualified person at the headquarters in Germany was reported 5-times higher at 40,000 euros (Müller, 2004).
For instance, Hirschfeld (2005) reports several incidences of intercultural nuisances in Indo-German software development work.
and Research Outlook As the discussion above has demonstrated, global innovation activities, especially, the internationalization of R&d, may lead to a mitigation of the effects of innovation barriers faced by SMES in their home country.
o To protect their individual core competences o To share the intellectual property generated by such a joint venture,
Managing Innovation, in Asia Pacific Tech Monitor,(22:3), pp. 30-33. DBR (2005: India Rising:
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2006, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris. Preuß, R. 2007:
Asia Pacific Tech Monitor, Vol. 24, No. 1, New delhi, pp. 32-37. Tiwari, R.,Buse, S,
500 staff) Headquartered in Adlershof Utilization of UMG Si for solar cell production Microsystems and Materials Fields of Competence Semiconductor crystals Reference Materials Special Materials Catalysts Chemical analysis
(20 m, furniture, ISDN, PC, Internet) Apartment (45 m) Monthly ticket for all local transportation systems Founder and financial consultation Cost:
it catalysts private funding to projects that try to for example prevent climate change. Sectorally focused grants that incentivise promoters to undertake projects in the pan-European interest for example EU's TEN-T grant.
The Commission monitors the program and pays out approved expenditures and verifies the control system. With the policy EU tries to reach three objectives:
and started to implement the construction of the core road network which covers the whole Europe.
using secondary sources form OECD, Erawatch and the European Regional Monitor database. The European Regional Innovation Scoreboard (2012) provides a comparative assessment of innovation performance across 190 NUTS 1 and NUTS 2 regions of the European union, Croatia,
AT1) are subjected further to an in depth analysis based on extensive innovation related policy documents available from Erawatch countries'profiles, Regional Innovation Monitor's baseline profiles,
which is a Leader high region (Regional Innovation Monitor: Denmark 2012. Much of the success in regional cooperation was due to the Danish University Act that has designated a third task for universities (OECD 2007),
Regional Innovation Monitor: Denmark, 2012. A lot of literature has also been devoted to highlighting the merits of a very successful cross-border initiative:
thus involving a large number of regional actors into the dialogue (Regional Innovation Monitor: Sweden, 2012.
with a focus on cooperation between incubators and the region's universities (Regional Innovation Monitor: Sweden, 2012.
research group (Regional Innovation Monitor: Austria 2012. Finally, in The netherlands, there is a legal requirement for higher education institutions to engage regionally.
and knowledge sharing between governments, institutions and companies (Regional Innovation Monitor: The netherlands, 2012. There are also some very successful initiatives in The netherlands aimed at fostering the cooperation between regional actors including universities,
with the aim to improve their external orientation, especially with regard to SMES (Regional Innovation Monitor: The netherlands, 2012). 4. Conclusions.
In Sweden, the evaluation of VINNVAXT programme revealed a modest participation of SME's (Regional Innovation Monitor 2011 Annual Report, 2012),
According to the Regional Innovation Monitor conclusions the underlying characteristics for world-class performing regions is that most programmes focus on cooperation;
and the development of new collaboration structures'(Regional Innovation Monitor 2011 Annual Report, 2012, p. iv-v). This approach is integrated also in the smart specialisation concept that represents the new paradigm at the EU level.
OECD Publishing, Paris.**Regional Innovation Monitor (2011: Annual Report 2012. Governance, policies, and perspectives in European regions.
q=p. reportdetails&id=16006***Regional Innovation Monitor (2012: Baseline profiles (Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Netherlands. Available from:
In the present analysis we consider sectors defined as all Core NACE rev 2.-Private, nonfinancial activities related to innovation1.
, 5449 0, 6295 Romania 0, 1703 0, 235 1 All Core NACE activities related to innovation activities (B c, D, E, G46
acquisition of advanced machinery, equipment and software for innovation; purchase or licensing of patents and non-patented inventions, know-how and other types of knowledge;
, 86 0, 14 2 All Core NACE activities related to innovation activities (B C, D, E, G46, H, J58, J61, J62, J63, K and M71) 2013 Brief on INNOVATION PERFORMANCE ANNUAL REPORT ON EUROPEAN SMES 2012
Proact Policy Outlook (2008) LAU-1 regions (sub-region) in Hungary by innovative capabilities Source:
but this outlook from the knowledge supply side does not guarantee voice. The second condition alludes to the nature of the problem
The unaffordable alternative was importing a special software. The passage from the problem to demand was mediated by actors who are affected not directly by the problem
because the cognitive outcome obtained is free software so it does not require material investment or large-scale logistics for implementation.
The software developed was transferred directly to the PCE for use in patients, while the research group made contacts with members of the international medical community for evaluation and accreditation,
or the one laptop per child program implement in Uruguay since 2007; and the needs and demands present in two poor neighborhoods in Montevideo,
Mildenberger (UHEI, Germany) Konstantinos Modikos (ATL, Greece) Robin Murray (Member of Tepsie's independent Advisory Panel.
culture and religion Social protection Public order and safety General public services 5. Place making (for community and local development) The adoption of this societal challenge approach has also been endorsed by Tepsie's Advisory Panel
the reduction (or qualitative change) in social capital (instead of people actually meeting in person with all the personal interactions that usually shape relationships, they merely Skype and leave aside all the rest),
Services such as Skype have made global videoconferencing free and made it easier for people to form work partnerships across countries.
as well as completely new types of work such as web-design, app development, software programming or any other types which need ICT
Each step of the laundry process has its own software module, and all required human supervision is kept simple and user friendly.
but only need to steer the mouse to the correct part of the screen. In some contrast, the student start-ups at the CSE deploy a great number of different ICT tools
and typically based on freeware programs which can also be adapted and further developed. There is an online screening tool for new student start-ups capturing ideas, strategies, key features, partners, markets, funding, etc.
In the context both of globalisation and of the ever burgeoning presence of the virtual space and virtual worlds
and augmented and virtual reality) are enabling us to better contextualise our physical interactions with people,
and indeed places, smart needs to be a core element in how we all live satisfying and prosperous lives.
http://www. wired. co. uk/news/archive/2012-04/17/potential-of-smarter-cities-beyond-ibm-and-cisco 36 Undertaken by DTI and partners in 2013 for the European parliament:
(which provides free software and assistance for anyone to run a website like Fixmystreet in your country or city,
hardware and software components fully open for other suppliers, as well as Mextal (the firm owning and commercially selling the concept),
ranging from infrastructures, TV, touch screen, PC, mobile, sensor, cameras, etc. as well as appropriate software and content.
Viedome is broadly applicable in houses as well as in institutions, and has a modular building block setup so can be implemented in unique ways as desired for individual users.
The TEM case has adopted also standard ICT solutions for both web and mobile as open source e-platforms,
especially the internet and mobile devices. ICT can very efficiently match idle assets with new forms of demand, not otherwise possible,
At its core, the sharing economy is aimed social innovation at transforming how some of the fundamentals of our political economy are practiced.
and events than city centre hotel guests, they become community catalysts, just as their welcome into the community becomes an added value to their travel experience.
regulated informally in community-Civil funding (free software), civil partners and civil operation-Athens, copied from elsewhere
The Athens Time Bank case has adopted standard ICT solutions for web and mobile as free of charge open source e-platforms,
Social media and social communication tools (like Skype) are used also. The ICT operates together with traditional and physical activities
These services include arts and crafts, minor construction and mechanical services, business administration, computers, education, entertainment, event organisation, food, gardening, health and healing, household services
The core business of Opencorporates is to collect data on companies through web scraping tools and then to visualise the data
Another barrier is lack of computer skills and Internet literacy which can preclude people from participating on the online platform.
Another barrier for the Repair Cafés case is lack of computer skills and Internet literacy
patients, and scientists, using principles of open source and generation of content by users, and the power of networks in order to personalise health care, collaborate,
Game-changing technological innovations in production We have witnessed recently the rise of a new era of welfare technologies that are promising to revolutionise aspects of health and social care such as 3d printing and their usage in the production of prostheses for instance,
monitoring devices to self-screen for health risks such as diabetes or heart attack, or online enabled calorie-tracking solutions.
Game-changing technological innovations in production (3d printing, new trends in imaging technology for diagnostics, new materials such as lenses) In this context there is one social innovation outcome examined for this focus area,
With the rise of tablets and ipads and cheap apps, its underlying technology has become has become obsolete.
or developed illnesses & blood complications-Computer-based advisory service for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes-Patients use a glucose measuring device for home use,
software developers and educators developing, managing and utilising internet-based citizen science projects to further science and the public understanding of science and the scientific process.
Lifespring, India-Lifespring chose Red hat Enterprise Linux, JBOSS Enterprise Middleware, and a number of Red hat certified, enterprise-class, open source software solutions to build its entire IT infrastructure.
Increased flexibility and choice by freeing the organisation from vendor lock in, decreased IT costs, simplified management, reduced systems maintenance,
It contains a solar powered touch screen laptop and other health assessment tools that allows a nurse
an open-source tool for mobile data collection and loaded it onto an Android Smartphone that the Community Health Workers (CHWS) carry when visiting patients.
The completed surveys are uploaded then to a Vecna-hosted server where the data is available for download and reporting.
Vecna Cares upgraded the Clinipak software at Enoosaen and Olereko clinics with new features for improved patient outreach,
whilst the platforms display all network effects depending on disease type and level of support requested,
The platform is the core element that seeks to revolutionise patient health care in that it creates a searchable, sharable history of all the patients past readings
and use it to better monitor their condition. This will in time have two effects: A as DIABETIVA users become better able to use their DIABETIVA generated data
and the fact that it can be used on most mobile devices, including pre-smart phone mobile phones.
such as mobile internet tablets, smart phones, better broadband foundations and so forth, in combination with advances in the medical field are the primary driving force in relation personalised health and smarter patient environments,
The key technical drivers are increasing acceptance of IT solutions and IT skills among core target groups such as the elderly,
Dissemination barrier is new and cheaper technology like the ipad and other Tablets with cheap apps-that at are standard in a lot of homes-takes the market. 105 Elaine Pofeldt,.(
Tuesday, 14 jan 2014. Telemedicine keeps seniors out of nursing homes. Available: http://www. cnbc. com/id/101316376.
and computer based advice will need to be expanded further with the latest technological breakthroughs. This is something which is in fact being developed by major mobile phone developers such as Apple and Samsung.
Apple iphone and ipad users can connect Lifescan blood glucose meters to their phones via Glooko's meter synch cable.
software developers and educators developing, managing and utilising internet-based citizen science projects to further science and the public understanding of science and the scientific process.
but the core technology of a‘badge backpack'has already been refined. b) Learning analytics-Learning analytics involve the collection,
and sharing local data. e) Gamification-There is increasing interest in the connections between games and education.
When implemented as‘edutainment'or‘gamification'of learning teaching practices can gain superficial elements of entertainment and reward.
and is sponsored by Cisco, Intel and Microsoft; the companies have a long history of supporting education initiatives
-A MOOC is aimed an online course at unlimited participation with free and open access for everyone with a computer with internet access.
and need to show mostly teenagers the effects of chemical experiments-Professor-Why combines computer generated images with real images
The license will be either on PC or on mobile devices. -Currently approx. 200 users, but only launched in May2014.
Examples of this are videos of lectures, questions with instant feedback and quizzes everything online and only digitally accessible from a computer.
and with students on the school curriculum in line with the Common Core standards. While the Quest to Learn partnership isn't an organised online network
or using the short scales to monitor one child or several children. Also, professionals and parents can get training in diagnosis of early childhood development by MONDEY trained lecturers.
and teachers at Q2l are playing video games all day, while many teachers think game-like learning is quantifying the classroom
and offer education online for everyone with access to a computer with an internet connection. Whilst there have been based paper concepts for open universities/open education,
access to a computer and Internet and digital literacy. Also, the rise of MOOCS potentially allow for a different value for money approach within public education systems,
A more radical policy angle would of course be to question or review education policy as whole and review core indicators of good education.
and make the best education in any topic available to anyone with a computer and Internet connection.
and has in the subgroups of programmers and coders who design such learning environments but has less importance for the actual innovations.
access to a computer and Internet and digital literacy. MONDEY specifically also highlight the importance of requires a good framework for data security and data protection. 129 Concluding,
access to a computer and Internet and digital literacy Personalised education & new learning environment s Standard ICT solutions as well as bespoke technological solutions (for instance gaming)- Content creation-Issue identification-Matching
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and computer skills and increasing regular Internet use amongst the underprivileged. 6. 1. 10. Attracting and retaining talent
29 april 2012 Regional Innovation Monitor Regional Innovation Report (Central Hungary) To the European commission Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General Directorate D Industrial Innovation and Mobility
Industries Andrea Szalavetz Technopolis associate www. technopolis-group. com PREFACE The Regional Innovation Monitor (RIM) 1 is an initiative of the European commission's Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry,
with a view to preparing the Annual EU Regional Innovation Monitor reports. European commission official responsible for the project is Alberto Licciardello (Alberto.
and in the expansion of high-tech industries (ICT, electrical and optical equipment, pharmaceutical industry) and knowledge-based services (business services, software development, etc..
CH is endowed well in Hungary's core innovation resource: human capital. The share of the population aged between 25 and 64 with a tertiary education was 28.9%in 2008,
as a result of the increase of financial allocation to core‘Lisbon'activities, an unprecedented amount of funding became available for RTDI efforts.
which was very difficult to administer and monitor. Therefore NKTH prepared a menu of programmes
and it is the hub of creative, knowledge based activities in the country, such as R&d, computer activities, informatics, business services etc.
many dealt with the development of telecommunications equipments and specific softwares. The measure had ten rounds
the Agency monitors the Region's economic and social development. Its regular newsletter provides information on main events.
screens and selects marketable ideas and inventions, prepares them to enter the international market and acquires capital necessary to their growth.
All of the most innovative ideas, from Skype to Wikipedia, from online cartography to app stores, had a very quick, viral spreading.
323988. http://booksprints-for-ict-research. eu FLOSS Manuals Foundation FLOSS Manuals creates free documentation about free software.
She is a computer engineer and Phd candidate, with an MA in Computer science at UNICAMP, Brazil.
and disseminating the CAPS projects'core activities. Stimulating the birth of new CAPS initiatives. Based on their own interests, the reader of this publication can choose for themself a section from which to start reading,
The understanding and transparency of filtering mechanisms is probably the core element of awareness in CAPS initiatives.
The first example of such reflections has been Free and Open source Software which has been investigated from many theoretical viewpoints,
The core component of the CAPS world is made up of research projects for Grassroots Experiments and Pilots,
Social innovation organisations and networks Citizens, social movements and activists Researchers Companies NGOS, associations and charities Software developers CAPS projects Citizens Of these, citizens are the most relevant users
and also shows potential synergies with P2pvalue in terms of research activities on collaborative core technologies and with D-CENT with reference to XML-based activity streams and information integration.
, e g. software development capabilities, social innovation concepts, etc. The ability to reach out to highly skilled people who can contribute freely,
Given the widespread use of the internet and mobile devices, these tools will serve to empower members of the disabilities community to be able to more fully take part in society
and versatility of online maps and mobile devices for collectively gathering and sharing spatial information for improving accessibility for persons with limited mobility.
It is available under the MIT license in 32-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows, GNU/Linux-based OSES,
and MAC OS X. 4. Book Sprint http://booksprints-for-ict-research. eu Book Sprint is a collaborative process that brings together a small group of people to develop
Crabgrass https://we. riseup. net Crabgrass is a software libre web application designed for group
GEO Smart monitor devices http://www. greenenergyoptions. co. uk/productsand-services/products A set of In-Home Displays, smart plugs and web visualisation of energy consumption. 19.
Liquid Feedback http://liquidfeedback. org Liquidfeedback is an open-source software, powering internet platforms for proposition development and decision making. 27.
/locale=en Loomio is free and open-source software for anyone, anywhere, to participate in decisions. 28.
Pump. io http://pump. io Social server with an Activitystreams API. 43 38. Pybossa http://pybossa. com Pybossa is a free, 100%open-source framework for crowdsourcing.
and runs, the Slashdot-Like Automated Storytelling Homepage software. 43. Status. Net http://status. net Free and open-source social software. 44.
Succeed Together http://www. succeedtogether. eu/en A company that is creating a semantic engine which allows groups of 500 to 3000 people to answer questions qualitatively,
Twister http://twister. net. co Twister is decentralised a fully P2p microblogging platform leveraging from the free software implementations of Bitcoin and Bittorrent protocols. 47.
Ushahidi http://ushahidi. com Nonprofit tech company that specialises in developing free and open-source software for information collection, visualisation and interactive mapping. 48.
wiki=Accueil Yeswiki is made a software application for creating and managing your website, in a collaborative way.
Yeswiki is written Free Software in PHP language under the GPL licence, used for creating and managing an internet or intranet website. 54.
IENNTGEAREGSITNG Communities of Communities of interest are at the core of CAPS developments. These groups may be geographically bound to one location
The impact of gamification, competition, collaborative work, public and even tangible feedback are examples of strategies that have been evaluated to promote engagement
The broad range of computer games and apps that appeal to the users of internet devices are a valuable resource for understanding
This important achievement was made possible by engaging European citizens in a sign-in campaign centralised on the initiative web. 69 Outlook for the Future The CAPS projects introduced in this book are the first projects to be funded under the CAPS programme
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Required skills include computer and web technologies, as well as the organisational and managerial competences and leadership necessary for the changes in working methods and job roles.
Standardisation The automation of processes and services is not feasible without data standards that allow communication through open access internet-oriented software languages.
Notwithstanding the fact that for the past 25 years the use of computers and telecommunications in healthcare has been a constant item of development agendas,
and an asset that is at the core of museum work today. These four strategic areas are also behind NEMO's current core activities:
highlighting the value of museums for society, increasing collection accessibility for European citizens, ensuring museums are able to exploit the benefits of the digital shift
These are just some of the issues and questions at the core of museum business today.
smartphones and tablets are simply a fact of life. The question is therefore less about how museums can respond to a'digital'age,
In the field of technology, emerging trends such as wearable technology, convergent smart devices, smart materials, sensors and 3d printing will begin to open up new capabilities to create
The core value of a museum in the modern world-to enable visitors to lead more meaningful,
The current rise in popularity of mobile technologies such as smartphones and tablet devices is forcing cultural organisations, and especially museums
especially as mobile technologies in particular have become almost ubiquitous over the last five years with the phenomenal take-up of smart phones and tablets like the ipad.
museums are now recognising the potential of these new mobile devices to extend the museum's appeal
it means that Europeana will develop open source products, such as channels, for partners who want to reach deep into specific interest groups, like fashionistas and foodies.
However, despite such digitisation, material was stored still on hard disks in museums. During the second stage of digitisation, in the early 2000s, museums began to implement collection management systems that made material accessible to the audience via the Internet.
This digitisation and virtualisation of museums, has created also new professional positions, such as cyber curators, that could not have existed ten years prior. 5. In the era of globalisation,
it becomes evident that the core of the problem is a matter of museum linguistics.
even while they enlist the aid of the written word, still or moving images, models, simulations, computer programmes, etc.
A good Internet search engine informs us better. Life itself is the great instructor and each individual has his or her own favourite pastime for entertainment (for some people, of course,
In order to encourage the notion that culture is a necessary element for development, closer to the core of decision-making and public debate,
Before becoming Director, Ms. Pagella worked on the new display settings and restoration of Palazzo Madama that opened to the public in 2006.
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