A Consultation Document Health Information and Quality Authority 5 1. 3 Background A core principle which underpins current health strategy,
Our digital policy is underpinned by the following strategic core objectives, and places people at the heart of all developments:
Therefore, German policies relating to digitisation will be guided by the core values and accepted rules on
Informational self-determination and data autonomy for consumers must be based on the core principles of transparency with accessible customer information
while also continuing to promote digital skills as a core competency for all employees. At the same time, we are determined also,
Another core element of the transition to renewable energy in Germany is the reduction of electricity consumption in our living and working environments. zzunder the Green IT initiative
in addition to the standard core subjects (the 3rs of reading, writing, and arithmetic), the other three outcome areas are:
and education has a core function in this. In addition to the employability skills listed in chapter 5,
Core entrepreneurial skills and attributes132*English continues to be recognized as key for conducting business and securing investors.
Other mobile payment processors that work with mobile devices, such as Square147, are also making business transactions easier for young entrepreneurs. 143 Small Business Toolkit
A core piece of equipment is the 3d printer, allowing one to make three-dimensional solid objects of virtually any shape from a digital model.
which societal issues are at the periphery, not the core. The solution lies in the principle of shared value,
and innovation, will form a new core discipline in business schools; economic development will no longer be left only to public policy and economics departments.
2014), the core component of the CAPS world is made up of research projects for Grassroots Experiments and Pilots,
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 core component of the CAPS world is made up of research projects for Grassroots Experiments and Pilots,
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.
Engaging Communities of Interestcommunities of interest are at the core of CAPS developments. These groups may be geographically bound to one location
The core to Arduino is a simple, ultra low-cost circuit board, based on an open-source design, armed with a microprocessor
The Smart Citizen Kit is based on two core components; the‘kit'itself and the platform used to share data between people operating a kit.
Open standards should be at the core of the technical infrastructure. Open standards should have an adequate legal and governance backing,
European funding has invested heavily in core European institutions in terms of digital innovation, in particular the formerly nationalised telecommunications companies,
they should become public policy guidelines at the core of the technical infrastructure. Technical solutions do not work by themselves,
Stimulating innovation, entrepreneurship and the knowledge-based society is at the core of the Europe 2020 Strategy.
using the Internet as a way to innovate more collaboratively integrating the citizen in the core process. http://www. citilab. eu/en The Danish Business Authority (responsible for managing the Structural Funds),
This gives a core role for the public sector at regional and local level. Christian Bason, the director of Mindlab21, a Danish agency for social innovation operating within government
Indeed, participation is the core of the innovation by the CNAIS in addition to the integrated service delivery.
in so doing, has secured a place for social innovation at the core of EU policies.
This remark from the podium during the‘Social entrepreneurs have your say'event in January 2014 in Strasbourg illustrates the state of mind of the hundreds of‘core actors'from all over Europe who attended the meeting.
Increasingly, however, digital tools are used also as a core element to mobilise collective intelligence for the co-creation of public goods (e g.
Indeed, participation is the core of innovation at the CNAIS in addition to the integrated service delivery.
Horizon 2020 is the funding arm of Innovation Union and a core part of Europe 2020 and the European Research Area.
and will seek to promote culture as the core of the EU's social fabric
and the EIF becomes a core part of the initiative from the outset 3. 2. 7. Dormant funds Dormant funds are bank accounts where there has been no customer activity for a certain time period.
The project's core innovations are built around a context-specific repository of carbon reduction strategies.
and act as the core of a knowledge network or cluster serving the local economy and society.
While addressing this core issue the overall objective of EGOV4U (CIP ICT PSP) is to empower intermediaries
and have succeeded in formulating solid recommendations for the improvement of one of the institution's core processes,
A business model that runs parallel to the core idea of the venture and which sets out how it can become sustainable.
which core stakeholders can be incorporated in the structure of an organisation and its processes. These include the constitution
but the goal should always be to find ways for the core finance to come from those who share the venture's mission.
and is held together by a common core of meaning. Transmitters We look at platforms as the nodes of the new economy,
and are reluctant to provide core funding. Grantaided organisations are often the first to suffer in state budget cuts and economic recessions.
and the coverage of core costs. 4 403) Direct funding for individuals, including the grants given by Unltd, The Skoll Foundation,
This phase involves consolidation around a few core principles that can be communicated easily. Then as the idea is implemented in new contexts,
we will do it Creation of the best idea internally Best from anywhere Choosing the best ideas among internal and external ideas Role of customers Passive recipients Active co-innovators Core competency Vertically integrated product
and service design Core competitive differentiation and collaborative partner management Innovation success metrics Increased margins/revenues,
facilities, and competences shared among the various actors form the core of ecosystems and define their innovation potential.
Almirall (2013) 4. 3 Communities in the innovation ecosystem In this section, we will refer to six specific communities that have a core role in the European innovation ecosystem.
However, individuals and for-profit businesses can charge for specialised training or for developing new extensions of the core code.
test core assumptions and iterate before building out an entire project). In India in March 2014, Vodafone launched its developer platform to empower the community of developers.
For example, Open Knowledge Foundation and Forum Virium are both not part of the core DSI study team
The work by Your Priorities in Iceland and Open Ministry in Finland on bringing DSI to the core of government by crowdsourcing legislation is another.
Core to Arduino is a simple, ultra-low-cost circuit board, based on an open-source design, armed with a microprocessor,
In general, European funding has invested heavily in core European institutions in terms of digital innovation, in particular the formerly nationalised telecommunications companies as well as national research institutes and traditional universities.
http://arduino. cc/Organisation Name Arduino Short description The core to an Arduino is a simple, ultra-low-cost circuit board, based on an open-source design, armed with a microprocessor
'History and core mission Avaaz which literally means voice in several European, Middle Eastern and Asian languages launched in 2007 with a simple democratic mission:‘
is served by a small core team of 52 full-time staff worldwide, has thousands of volunteers in all 192 UN member states,
DSI network effect Through the apps and services it is developing Citysdk aim is to build smart services where user generated data make up the core activity of the service.
History and Mission The Commons 4 EU project was started in 2011 with an initial core team of 7 cities:
A core criteria for Goteo is that all campaigns the platform helps have to meet a cultural, scientific, educational, technological or ecological objective.
and use. 130 At the core of Liquid Feedback sit an ambition to create a platform that addresses the gap between representative democracies where people elect representatives to represent
The core features of this website are: 139 A structured database that links people to places, organisations and roles.
To grow the open-source communities around some of their core websites and components so that they are of ever greater value to larger numbers of people.
History and core mission The overarching purpose of Open Ministry is to help citizens and NGOS with national citizens'initiatives
For instance, Pekkanen is a member of the Open Government Partnership committee in Finland, sitting on the Open Knowledge Finland Core Team,
The core business of Opencorporates is to collect data on companies through web scraping tools
Open data sit at the core of all Opencorporates work. This is both a tool to scrape,
Its core activities are focusing on using the web and online technologies to better open
its core focus is on furthering advancements in P2p Technology-networks in which interconnected nodes (peers) share resources amongst each other without the use of a centralized administrative system.
Are they different according to different core domains? No information available What really helps reach goals/how to overcome these barriers?
The core service of Peerby is the online platform which enables users to borrow and share anything from trumpets to laptop chargers with their neighbours.
These are defined as devices that wrap computing peripherals around a cellphone hardware core; meaning that such devices can be produced for just a few tens of dollars.
Typically this sort of processor was used in mobile phones five years ago. Apart from the graphics processor, which is propriety to Broadcom,
and a Wi-fi dongle, allowing for the MP4 lectures that make up the core of Khan academy's material to be brought to areas with poor Internet connectivity.
History and mission There are two core aims of the Smartcitizen projects. Firstly it wants to produce new types of data and information
The Smart Citizen Kit is based on two core components; the‘kit'itself and the platform used to share data between people operating a kit.
Advancements in Tor's core technologies including real-time voice and video over the Tor network, improving usability, security and anonymity,
There is also evidence that the volunteer geo-location services offered by the UHP core team were useful for SAR efforts,
Running a core API that serves many projects relies very much upon the maintenance and health of that application.
The work by Your Priorities in Iceland and Open Ministry in Finland on bringing DSI to the core of government by crowdsourcing legislation is another.
Core to Arduino is a simple, ultra-low-cost circuit board, based on an open-source design, armed with a microprocessor,
In general, European funding has invested heavily in core European institutions in terms of digital innovation, in particular the formerly nationalised telecommunications companies as well as national research institutes and traditional universities.
http://arduino. cc/Organisation Name Arduino Short description The core to an Arduino is a simple, ultra-low-cost circuit board, based on an open-source design, armed with a microprocessor
'History and core mission Avaaz which literally means voice in several European, Middle Eastern and Asian languages launched in 2007 with a simple democratic mission:‘
is served by a small core team of 52 full-time staff worldwide, has thousands of volunteers in all 192 UN member states,
DSI network effect Through the apps and services it is developing Citysdk aim is to build smart services where user generated data make up the core activity of the service.
History and Mission The Commons 4 EU project was started in 2011 with an initial core team of 7 cities:
A core criteria for Goteo is that all campaigns the platform helps have to meet a cultural, scientific, educational, technological or ecological objective.
and use. 130 At the core of Liquid Feedback sit an ambition to create a platform that addresses the gap between representative democracies where people elect representatives to represent
The core features of this website are: 139 A structured database that links people to places, organisations and roles.
To grow the open-source communities around some of their core websites and components so that they are of ever greater value to larger numbers of people.
History and core mission The overarching purpose of Open Ministry is to help citizens and NGOS with national citizens'initiatives
For instance, Pekkanen is a member of the Open Government Partnership committee in Finland, sitting on the Open Knowledge Finland Core Team,
The core business of Opencorporates is to collect data on companies through web scraping tools
Open data sit at the core of all Opencorporates work. This is both a tool to scrape,
Its core activities are focusing on using the web and online technologies to better open
its core focus is on furthering advancements in P2p Technology-networks in which interconnected nodes (peers) share resources amongst each other without the use of a centralized administrative system.
Are they different according to different core domains? No information available What really helps reach goals/how to overcome these barriers?
The core service of Peerby is the online platform which enables users to borrow and share anything from trumpets to laptop chargers with their neighbours.
These are defined as devices that wrap computing peripherals around a cellphone hardware core; meaning that such devices can be produced for just a few tens of dollars.
Typically this sort of processor was used in mobile phones five years ago. Apart from the graphics processor, which is propriety to Broadcom,
and a Wi-fi dongle, allowing for the MP4 lectures that make up the core of Khan academy's material to be brought to areas with poor Internet connectivity.
History and mission There are two core aims of the Smartcitizen projects. Firstly it wants to produce new types of data and information
The Smart Citizen Kit is based on two core components; the‘kit'itself and the platform used to share data between people operating a kit.
Advancements in Tor's core technologies including real-time voice and video over the Tor network, improving usability, security and anonymity,
There is also evidence that the volunteer geo-location services offered by the UHP core team were useful for SAR efforts,
Running a core API that serves many projects relies very much upon the maintenance and health of that application.
The further harmonisation of the rules on distance contracts provided in the Directive means a single set of core rules across the EU that will not only promote consumers'trust
The Centre acts as the focal point in the fight against cybercrime in the Union and will have four core functions:
and promoting core EU values, including by proposing norms for responsible behaviour, and encouraging the application of existing international cyberspace laws in accordance with the EU acquis
At its core, eco-innovation is about creating business models that are both competitive and respect the environment by reducing resource intensity of products and services.
Do we have systems in place to monitor ecoinnovation trends related to our core business? Key challenges for your business Developing eco-innovative products,
What are the characteristics of our core customer groups (e g. mass, niche, segmented? What type of relationship does each customer type expect from us?
What added value environmental benefits can be attached to the core concept and? How can stakeholders be rewarded for adopting
and ODR. 8 4. 1. 2 Checks and balances Include the core principles for ADR in a binding instrument,
processors and data subjects) on the proposal in order to achieve a harmonised framework based on a balanced approach in this important legislative step. 8 Del Duca, L.,Rule, C.,Loebl,
Three core factors to foster entrepreneurial culture The decision to become an entrepreneur or join an innovative entrepreneurial venture is complex. 13 This analysis focuses on three categories of individual factors that were highlighted in interviews and workshops:
considering their capacity to manage collaborations without compromising their core fields of work. Developing culture and organization Fostering a collaborative culture and organization Both a soft cultural and a hard organizational component need to be considered:
Innovation policies are at the core of this process. The government support system for enterprises is easy and simple to use,
and regions. 64 This section presents an overview of the core ideas within the focus,
which provide insights on two core questions: 1) What do entrepreneurs perceive to be the difference between entrepreneurial ecosystems around the globe in terms of the availability of the various pillars that make up an ecosystem?
An important strategy deployed by SMES to create competitiveness in global markets is to use the digital technology to develop core competencies
Diversification is considered generally to be anathema to focusing upon the core product. But because of their specialisation and small size, Mittelstand companies are often at a disadvantage in terms of economies of scale.
These organisations are typically technical consultants and count R&d as a non-core activity. Looking at firm growth rates during the three-year period preceding the study,
the core competencies scan (which lasts 3 hours and is used to define SME core competencies);
the network scan (which lasts 3 hours and identifies the network needs); and the innovation scan (to measure the innovative capability of the SME.
Technology parks are key to SME development in the region At the core of the regional innovation policy are the 11 science and technology parks, alongside the 21 technology centres
which covers the core actors in the innovation sector in Andalusia. The PAIDI is an operational plan that elaborates on the specific institutional agents to implement the broader goals of the PIMA.
which now designate research teams as a core element in the internal structure of the universities (Ramos-Vielba and Fernandez-Esquinas, 2009).
The people, assets and intangibles transferred from the parent company constitute a key element of the spin-off‘s core-business,
To what extent is a policy for increasing higher levels of innovation, particularly R&d activities, among a core of SMES,
and RETA whose aim is to support the existing small core of high tech SMES and encourage the second tier of SMES to increase their levels of R&d activity.
At the core of the broader innovation policy are the 11 science and technology parks discussed elsewhere in this report,
The core of the model was to develop competitive advantage through strengthening existing local assets
Of these organisations, around 200 can be considered to be=core‘life science firms involved in developing products
) Despite two different approaches to a single concept (in the same dissertation), the core of the measure in both own-designed questionnaire and GEM survey is the same.
Thus, the core focus of H2 is illustrated in Figure 1. So, the aforementioned theoretical arguments provide reasonable justification for advancing the following hypotheses:
The resource-based view (RBV) emphasizes the role of core competences of firms and suggests that the best way to understand a firm,
Thus, the core focus from H3 to H5b is illustrated in Figure 2. Figure 2. Proposed model and relationships between firm networks, EO and growth 2. 4. Size as a moderator term
The core competence of the corporation. Harvard Business Review, May-June, 79-91. Prashantham, S. 2005.
Methodology The core of AHP is an ordinal pair-wise comparison of attributes, sub-indicators in this context, in
SPEAR contains a set of core sectors and indicators that have been derived from the literature on sustainability.
The core of the cluster consists of the Kyoto University Katsura Campus and the Katsura Innovation Park,
The core organisation of the cluster Is advanced ASTEMRI Software Technology & Mechatronics Research Institute of Kyoto.
which is the core of the nanotechnology cluster. In addition to this, it stimulates university-industry collaborations by implementing business incubators and university-industry liaison facilities. 35 Venture capital:
compositions of three cores, focusing on different knowledge & application fields Lack of commercialisation and consequently lack of private funding Cluster strongly managed by government Unique in the strong market focus and strong funding infrastructure both public and private Source:
Contemporary processors have a three to ten times higher number of transistors on the same area (Fraunhofer CNT, 2008.
the Grenoble cluster benefits from a very well organised and integrated infrastructure combining four core elements:
The cluster management has two core functions. First, it represents the activities of cluster firms to the outside world through a website, database, press releases but also coordinated events at industry fairs globally.
toys and recycling. 85 There are 50 core players, engaging in manufacturing, processing, services, engineering, design, retailing and recycling.
and simply reflects that developing AMT is at the core of this industry, the high shares for vehicle and electronics manufacturer are more interesting.
Whereas in the early stages emphasis will be on knowledge development and careful building of a strong core in the cluster
Given that the innovating firm is at the core of national innovation systems, a better understanding of shifting innovation strategies at the firm level is of fundamental importance to the actions of policy-makers within the national innovation systems framework.
most scholars share the core view that a country's NSI pursues some given goals,
corporate OI and its effect on NSI effectiveness therefore lie at the core of our analysis. Subsequently, we examine functions, processes or activities, following the functional approach.
this argument is consistent with the NSI core concept whereby multifarious efforts foster different kinds of collaboration and networking activity 39,40.
To do so, Born to be digital explores three core areas: How CIOS with the widest remit
and greatest responsibility those in highly IT-intensive industries differ from their peers What lessons CIOS can take from their peers who are leading the digital transformation efforts in terms of their core tenets and mindset
and greater influence About this report 4 Born to be digital 51%53%67%38%strongly agree that they are taking the lead in pioneering new digital approaches within their business. of CIOS within ITINTENSIVE industries are engaged highly on core strategic issues
Most revealingly, a core subset of this group of IT-intensive IT leaders those who are engaged most strategically in their jobs were seen to stand out from their peers in terms of both influence and satisfaction.
Nearly 4 in 10 (38%)of CIOS in IT-intensive industries are engaged highly in core strategic issues delivering transformation
six core traits Our research shows that the elite CIOS leading digital transformation in their businesses differ in their mindset and thinking in six key ways.
a core set of digital technologies including mobile, social, the cloud and big data are transforming the way companies
The rise of the digital business A core set of digital technologies mobile, social, the cloud and data, among others are transforming companies at both an operational and a strategic level.
There are three core changes here: 3 1. Using digital to enhance traditional business models, such as moving from selling products to providing services Streetcar and Xerox are two examples 2. Transforming existing business models to offer new digital services such as 100flowers selling via Facebook
To reset this, Herz has been given a direct mandate from the board to be an active participant in core strategic decisions.
This is especially apparent in a core set of sectors including technology companies, banks and life sciences firms that already spend a high proportion of their revenue ON IT.
This focus captures many of the firms that are using IT at the very core of their business banks, pharmaceutical companies, telecommunications firms, media houses and, of course,
what is common across all these companies is that IT is a core boardroom topic,
This recognition of the need for a broader palette of skills to draw upon, beyond any core IT competencies, is reflected also in the choices that many IT-intensive industry CIOS make with regard to their education and job experience,
This is true internally, where they have weaker links with core figures such as the CEO or CFO,
We find these attributes to be closest to the core set of skills and capabilities needed to drive the digital transformation,
what best enable CIOS to deliver on core business changes, such as the digital transformation now underway. 20 Born to be digital Six distinctive traits of digital-ready CIOS:
Bob Sydow, Americas IT Advisory Leader at EY, notes that one of the core capabilities needed for digital-ready CIOS is an intimate knowledge of the firm's business architecture,
who explains that true storytelling requires a deep grasp of the core of the business and how it works,
It's about your ability to go head-to-head with business executives in discussions about IT's role in changing the core of the business.
what the core of the narrative ought to be: If you are working in IT all day,
rather than on trying to squeeze limited gains from the company's core IT systems.
but digging deeper reveals a much stronger core satisfaction with their positions and prospects. Across all elements of their jobs, they express greater satisfaction with their work than their IT-intensive industry peers do.
which is given vital how much this is a core part of their job: 60%find this strongly satisfying,
it's a much more involved decision to know when to do the same for a company's core financial systems,
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