Outlook Division, provided overall guidance and support for the project which benefited from inputs and
regional panels, the national government gets engaged in intensive consultation with regional stakeholders, in order to detect emerging opportunities
and elect panel representatives. The prioritisation process is made up by three regional panels collecting grower
priorities and synthesising these at the National Panel. The regional panels are composed of grain growers
agribusiness practitioners, scientists and the GRDC€ s Executive Managers, with a possibility for other industry experts
to participate as appropriate. The National Panel is composed of the chairs of the three regional panels, the Managing
Director and the GRDC€ s Executive Managers Source: OECD-TIP case-studies on smart specialisation These new challenges may help to explain why smart specialisation strategies are still in an early
healthcare, Global education services, Green financing, Contents and software and Meetings, Incentives Conventions and Events and tourism industry
national governments, such as Finland and Australia, organise regional panels to detect direct needs and to
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Growers participate in regional Annual General Meetings and elect panel representatives. The panel prioritisation process occurs by regional panels collecting grower priorities
and synthesising these at a National Panel. The GRDC€ s three regional panels cover the northern, southern and western grain
growing regions of Australia. They are made up of grain growers, agribusiness practitioners, scientists and the GRDC€ s Executive Managers, with provision for other industry experts to participate as appropriate
The National Panel is composed of the chairs of the three regional panels, the Managing director and the
GRDC€ s Executive Managers Five year strategic research and development plans are developed by the GRDC in consultation with
priority setting process utilises a structure of regional panels and grower consultations to establish the key issues for its 24 000 end-users (grain farmers.
hardware and embedded software technology) shows that collaboration is possible and might also be taken up fruitfully in other clusters.
Electronics and Embedded Software etc Lessons learned and conclusions for policy The lessons learned can be grouped as follows
sourcing of modern sectors in old industrial regions-A comparison of software firms in Moravia
themes for the development of its innovation ecosystem and industrial outlook in the future. Through these choices, the region aims to lift its competitiveness to a global level.
software for companies, advanced internet applications as well as interactive marketing agencies •ICT companies: Comarch Group and Ericpol Telecom.
technologies (excepted software, which is protected generally by copyright and can be patented only when it is integrated in a technical process of product;
Contents and software Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Events and tourism industry Life science, biotech, biomedicine pharma, health
6) Policy and research outlook...23 Bibliography...24 Glossary...25 Contents INNOVATION IN URBAN MOBILITY-POLICY MAKING AND PLANNING
addition, a software tool was developed to assess the accessibility level of buses, stations and hubs,
software systems, prototypes and applications have been developed for activities such as truck access control, dynamic tunnel access control and vehicle and cargo monitoring.
on open ICT software, onboard equipment heterogeneous wireless communication infrastructure and CALM (platform for vehicle -to-vehicle and road-to-vehicle communication
outlook The EU acknowledges its role in supporting urban transport authorities to meet the manifold challenges
a successful combination of hardware, software and orgware, viewed from a societal and /or economic point of view
Hardware relates to the material equipment (mostly) involved and software concerns the knowledge in terms of manuals, software, digital content, tacit knowledge involved in
the innovation. Orgware refers to the organisational and institutional conditions that influence the development of an invention into an innovation and the actual functioning
3. Sliding panels 3. 1. Introduction Innovation processes are complex societal phenomena that are linked strongly to the
firms, software houses, knowledge-intensive consultants) plays an important role in this respect. Recent research shows that these services play a crucial role in innovation processes
Sliding panels Introduction Structural changes in our economic system Questions and challenges Broadening of decision-making processes and the network society
a panel of French SMES 4. 1. Research methodology The firms of our sample received public funds to
industry, software industry, building industry and agriculture. The projects which did not fit into this
analysis from a panel of French SMES Research methodology The sector of production of the innovation
comparable to innovations in the furniture, software and bamboo industry in Indonesia (Brata 2009, Greenhuizen and Indarti 2005, Indarti 2010.
specialized hubs in the bangalore software industry Chen, J.,Y. Chen, and W. Vanhaverbeke. 2011.
software-small-and medium-sized enterprises in indonesia. University Library Groningen Ismalina, P. 2011. An integrated analysis of socioeconomic structures and actors in indonesian industrial clusters:
panels: chemical industry Product stewardship guidance: SCJ External advisory board: Dow Technology review bodies Dupont Novartis
software. Current developments in stem -cell research represent one area in which the rules are quickly being made by
computer operating systems in the software industry Businesses within the pharmaceutical industry are looking to different models
for addressing human needs in developed as well as developing countries. They are discovering that patents while properly granted under
companies in for example, the software and multi -media sectors, as well as in many other sectors which
software, nanotechnology, and advanced or new materials c) export-promotion programmes; and d) R&d funds to promote the commercialization of
software, and new materials), but also play an increasingly important role as innovation agents Evidence from a number of OECD countries shows
real-time data to aâ central server, where it can be analysed byâ sophisticated prediction and decision-making models
signs, variable message panels and traffic light status †displayed in their vehicles. New V2v interfaces would also
Outlook and Strategic Plan to 2015 Forfã¡s July 2013 Annual Report 2012 Forfã¡s
, software. The lion†s share of productivity growth for almost all nations, especially larger ones, however, comes
equipment, and software. Indeed, new growth economics accounting suggests that the lion†s share of productivity stems from the use of more and better â€oetools. †30
Internet, although that itself drives growth. 31 They include hardware, software applications and telecommunications networks, and increasingly tools that incorporate all three
and software are associated positively with multi-factor productivity. 44 Hitt and Tambe find that the spillovers from IT nearly
which requires search engines to delete certain links based on individual requests, is likely to raise compliance costs significantly.
marginal costs but higher fixed costs. 130 To be sure, the increased provision of software through cloud-based services may change that somewhat,
â€oefirms do not simply plug in computers or telecommunications equipment and achieve service quality or efficiency
when servers are not located domestically (although the Norwegian decision was rescinded). 183 There has been talk as well by European leaders of building a â€oeeuropean network†for
search engines be removed. 187 Such a rule might sound good in theory, but in practice it could prove quite difficult for compliance and enforcement.
requiring more elegant machines and software, according to the technophiles†arguments. Nor is it mostly a behavioural problem
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It can be accessed through the Europa server http://europa. eu /How to obtain EU publications
7. 18 in the OECD Communications Outlook 2011, multiplied by the estimated subscribers by access type.
and servers for providing a range of services. 60 Where there are multiple headends, they are linked typically via supra
Server Farms NOC Router 52 Rethinking the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System.
It can be accessed through the Europa server http://europa. eu /JRC83502 EUR 26601 EN ISBN 978-92-79-37793-8 (pdf
for online surveys. 9 1ka is an open source online survey application, developed by researchers at
These include adoption of open source, standards-based software platforms and data exchange standards to make efficient use of existing resources.
This trend will continue as improvements are made in computer hardware, software, and telecommunication infrastructure and as countries develop the skills necessary to implement electronic
The Capability Maturity Model (CMM)( 4) was defined originally for software development by Carnegie Mellon University and is useful for assessing health information systems.
and control of an organization†s software processes are believed to improve as the organization moves up these five levels
They designed and built an innovative hardware and software system using touch screen clinical workstations which collected individual patient information,
They used free open-source software for the project which enabled them to enlist the support of a large community.
enterprise and also in the form of free open source software systems which are supported by nonprofit -making organizations and private enterprises.
Open source systems have advantages of local sustainable community development and support and lower cost by building on a proven software foundation (19
Improvements in quality have been demonstrated by increased adherence to guideline-based care enhanced surveillance and monitoring,
complex which means that computer software designed for this purpose must reflect its complexity Capturing and using individual patient information electronically also requires installation of computer
In addition to the cost of the computer hardware and software EMR/EHR systems require substantial resources including electricity, a controlled environment, training
software and therefore widely recognized Indicator Exchange Format (IXF The IXF is a reporting format that was developed for purposes of HIV/AIDS monitoring and evaluation.
was adopted by UNAIDS for use by the Country Response Information system (CRIS) software (32 It was a precursor to the SDMX-HD format,
may not have realized that the CRIS software uses IXF and therefore underreported IXF use Medical record standards
local to the software application. Clinics and hospitals often have an identifier that is used throughout a
be received by a computer program which will understand its meaning. HL7 is the most commonly used
Health software applications often use a proprietary or ad hoc messaging format that must be customized to be understood by both sender and receiver.
require more complex software and training  High-income countries have transitioned to the point where there is today a higher use of
The use of free open-source software to develop sustainable health informatics capacity may leverage the investment in developing such systems.
Free open source software is particularly a boon to countries with financial constraints The survey demonstrates that the greatest barrier to adoption of patient information systems is the
Free open-source software enables the development of sustainable local human resources for the implementation and maintenance of health information systems by drawing on a
United states Department for Health and human services (http://healthit. hhs. gov/portal/server. pt /community/electronic medical records/1219/home/15591, accessed 29 march 2012
Weerawarana S, Weeratunga J. Open source in developing countries. Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2004,(http://www. eldis. org/fulltext/opensource. pdf, accessed 1 june 2012
Data exchange with the country response information system and UN AGENCY software. A step by step guide. Geneva, UNAIDS, 2006 (http://data. unaids. org/pub/Basedocument/2007/cris de web final
Includes the computers, software, data-capture devices, wireless communication devices, and local and wide area networks that move information,
Standards for information exchange that are freely available without restriction, e g. open source software (also referred to as free and open-source software.
The user has the freedom to •run the program for any purpose (freedom 0
and can be exported as a Microsoft excel file for further analysis using other statistical software This is the first time that Datacol has been used as the primary method of implementing an online survey
of over 40 pages of text and questions. Significant preparation and testing was required to ensure that
Data were exported from Datacol in Microsoft excel format and the data analysis was performed using R statistical programming language. 14
You can find a search engine of NCPS by visiting FP7 support webpage http://cordis. europa. eu/fp7/get-support en. html
Software & Services 38 7 2 2 8 57 Industrial & Life sciences 12 2 1 4 7 26
•ICT including Software •Logistics and Supply Chain Management •Food Sector & Agribusiness
desktop publishing was carried out by Nathalie Delmas, and the cover was designed by Jesus Vicente Administrative support was provided by Herawasih Yasandikusuma
4. 2 Panel regression models for fixed-broadband and mobile-cellular prices...158 5. 1 How big data saves energy †Vestas Wind Systems improves turbine performance...
4. 13 Panel regression results, fixed-broadband prices and regulation...160 4. 14 Panel regression results, mobile-cellular prices and regulation...
163 4. 15 ICT Price Basket and sub-baskets, 2013.166 5. 1 Sources of big data...
Google remains the leading search engine in most countries, and accounts for around 90 per cent of the search market. 16 The number of
High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post -2015 Development Agenda published in 2013 see Box 1. 4 on the data revolution.
The report of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda to the UN Secretary-general
IMF World Economic Outlook Database, April 2014 12 Source: The Economist, April 12 2014, â€oenigeria†s GDP step changeâ€
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based on panel data regression. This enables us to go beyond descriptive statistics and draw some robust conclusions on the link between
econometric modelling using panel regressions for up to 144 countries based on data for the five-year period from 2008 to 2013
Panel data regression is a statistical technique which is used to assess how variations in a set
Panel regressions minimize problems of omitted variable bias (the omission of important variables) and multicollinearity
In addition, panel regressions have the advantage of discounting known and unknown region fixed effects. These are structural
competition and regulation metrics, using panel regressions with fixed effects Prices for fixed-broadband and mobile voice
Panel regression models for fixed-broadband and mobile-cellular prices Two models are used for the regressions:
Panel regression models for fixed-broadband and mobile-cellular prices (continued Regulatory variable: The combined values of clusters 1 to 3 of the ITU ICT Regulatory Tracker.
The panel regression model for fixed-broadband prices has a medium explanatory power (an R-squared value of 0. 41, where 1 represents a
Panel regression results, fixed-broadband prices and regulation Variable Coefficient Statistical significance Interpretation GNI p. c. 0. 217
The results of the panel regression for mobile -cellular prices (voice and SMS) indicate that the
Panel regression results, mobile-cellular prices and regulation Variable Coefficient Statistical significance Interpretation GNI p. c. 0. 147
4 Voice over internet services, such as Skype or Voipbuster, are excluded from the analysis in this section because they require
In 2013, the United nations High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda called for a â€oedata revolution†that draws
High-level Panel cited the example of â€oemobile technology and other advances to enable real -time monitoring of development resultsâ€
operators to write customized mediation software to overcome potential inter-comparability issues among data from different systems.
companies, including search engines and social networks, on the other, is necessary and could be institutionalized through public-private
algorithms and software techniques that can be repurposed for business-use cases. Indeed, where the applications of data use for development
1 The report of the UN Secretary-General†s High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post-2015 Development Agenda
15 Deep packet inspection (DPI) is a process that utilizes specialized software to scan all of the data packets traversing a
visible to the webpage-indexing process of one or more search engines, thereby ensuring that the website and/or webpage
42 DPI is a process that utilizes specialized software to scan all of the data packets traversing a particular IP network.
using search engine query data. Nature, 457 (7232), 1012†4. doi: 10.1038/nature07634 Groves, R. M. 2011), A possible data future for the observational social sciences.
http://edge. org/panel/headcon-13-part-i Naef, E.,Muelbert, P.,Raza, S.,Frederick, R.,Kendall, J. and Gupta, N. 2014), Using mobile data for development.
UN High-level Panel (2013), A new global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable
The Report of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
-net and various kinds of enterprise software. But they have been slow to adopt, or are skeptical of
-ident of software at General electric, notes that â€oethere†s upside for us in the services.
instead of the software servicing the people, it is the other way around. †Another said that the pace of digital transformation de
an outlook on Romania†s future and will be in alignment with the long term development strategy
software product and it may be accessed by any computer literate citizen that will be able to disseminate it to the rest of the
Use of open source and open standards and providing access open to the application already purchased and susceptible to be
ï Granular purchase of hardware and software solutions does not provide transparency on governmental level
hardware, software and operations ï Reduction of costs for the migration of services towards new platforms
ï Agencies can consolidate servers, departments can consolidate data centers and move to one email system,
Openness is a concept common to open source, open government and open data. It is both a philosophy
data movement are similar to those of other"Open"movements such as open source, open hardware open content, and open access
Currently, the European Technology Platform for Software and Services NESSI, together with partners from the FP7 project Big,
software (for teaching, testing) will encourage the ICT-assisted teaching and will impose an objective
OER is both an open source of digital content, as well as an opportunity to develop digital interaction with the
the â€oebiblionet†Romania programme (including voice recognition software and other specialized Internet functions and capabilities such as email, search engines, online music, chat, and radio broadcasts.
with the goal of becoming a specially designated public library branch providing visually impaired persons with access to technology to help them reach their personal and professional goals
App/widget which proposes to its users one cultural event per day based on smart usage of user†s
-sector, 24.8%by the Software and IT services sub-sector, and the rest of 28.0%is assigned to the Hardware
%Share of turnover of enterprises with main activity of editing software products and service activities in information technology overall the turnover of enterprises with
%Turnover of the activity of editing software products and service activities in technology of information (mil. lei
Share of turnover of enterprises with main activity of editing software products and service activities in information technology overall the turnover of economic activity
and software does not provide transparency at governmental level Opportunities Threats and constraints The development of an infrastructure for the
ï Support for the use of open sources and standards for future facilitation and assurance of
software The rapid launch of the new products The existence of fake web sites The acceptance of the new on-line payment systems by the
Centers and IT/Software development hubs as well as providing cloud services to the rest of the European
Software Delivery Process, Design Guidelines for the Public Entities, necessary key data points for any public service, system lifecycle management, infrastructure management
ï C1-Center on user needs †All public services exist to server their customers, their needs and
Romanian Association for the Software and Electronics Industry National Association for Internet service providers Association of Producers and Distributors of ITC Equipments
-ent operating systems such as Windows and Android, open standards have fostered innovation by allowing technologies like web browsers to be implemented over dif
-ferent underlying platforms, avoiding pro -prietary systems and vendor lock in on the web. This was a hard
open source Android operating system and spawned innovation in applica -tions worldwide; Facebook has enabled the building of thousands of apps and
open hardware, open source software open knowledge, data storage and ana -lytics and are producing valuable data
patents, open standards and free software together with the multi-stakeholder governance model Avoiding anti-competitive dynamics and lock in
Open sources Foundation that supports projects that offer some kind of collective return, such as the open source DIY shoest
kit8, a project developed with the support of Fablab Barcelona, or http://tuderechoasaber. es, a service that allows citizens to
-trol †machines), free CAD/CAM software, like Blender, 123d or Sketchup, and open source designs are now giving innovators better access to the enabling
infrastructures, products, skills and capabilities they need to enhance collabo -rative making. â€oereuse, Remix, Recycle†are becoming the keywords of the open
People working on open source hardware are creat -ing new organisations, such as the Open source Hardware Association, to coordinate
research projects, such as the open source cars Wikispeed, and build farming tools and new fabrication machines like the Reprap and others.
These products are open source and free, with a worldwide community of peers contributing to the collective discoveries
A project like openp2pdesign is opening up design processes and tools to enable collaborative communities to undertake large-scale projects that can lead to innovative
Projects like Open source Ecology are promoting a shift towards a more sustainable lifestyle The makers movement is showing how experiments of collaboration and open culture
open source software and open data. Projects and areas of work like Safecast or open source Geiger, the Smart Citizen Kit and open wearables are showing interesting
3d manufactur ing tools, free CAD /CAM software and open source designs are now giving innovators
better access to tools, products skills and capabilities they need to enhance collaborative making 27growing a Digital Social Innovation Ecosystem for Europe
WEFAB, a makerspace in Milan with a focus on open source, design, digital fabrication and micro enterprises
-base, create visualisations using the Openspending software and to use the Openspending API. Although the Openspending
collaboration and decision-making and is piloting open source solutions across Europe engaging new political partices, citizen
Safecast is both the name of a Geiger counter built by the open source community as well as a global sensor network where
source software for the collection, visualisation and interactive mapping of information. The primary purpose of Crisisnet is
open data, free and open software and open hardware Github, the collaborative service for open software developers, is revolutionising
such as Diaspora, Status. net or easy-to-run servers like arkos †which make it easy
software foundation Wayra Unltd The Accelerator Healthbox London Clearlyso Angels Bethnal Green Ventures Tor Open
open content, open source and open access PUBLIC DOMAIN Communia The contribution of open knowledge covers the variety of ways in
moving towards and Open source Internet of Thingst Open-source hardware consists of hardware whose blueprints are made publicly avail
-sor which can be programmed with open-source software tools by the user. The idea is that anyone should be able to turn
from open sources and the best possible alignments of my local providers with the global potential of wider communities†(Van Kranenburg 2014
software foundation Wayra Unltd Bethnal Green Ventures Tor Guifi. net Confine Smart Santander Makerfaire The different methods by which these organisations are supporting DSI
FB, Apple, Android Federated Social networks Diaspora Crowdsourcing Social web entrepreneurs Startup Europe Smart Cities Internet of
FB, Apple, Android Federated Social networks Diaspora Crowdsourcing Social web entrepreneurs Startup Europe Smart Cities Internet of
networks based on open source code and open standards to promote open democracy collective debate, deliberation and voting.
software patents Banning software patents and defending Network Neutrality will keep bottom-up innovation feasible and affordable
Software packages that are patented can be expensive and less accessible to potential individual innovators. Also the
Internet needs to continue to be a neutral space where creativity can continue to flourish
They combine investments in new hardware and software with experi -ments to discover better ways of delivering healthcare or reducing carbon emissions
open source software) can be obtained at a lower cost with a better quality from reliable suppliers, and that open standards and interoperability are implemented.
source software should be easy to acquire from government at all levels Open source procurement As an example, in 2004, the UK government launched
(and reviewed in 2009 and 2010) its policy on ICT32 where special at -tention was paid to open source procurement.
In this respect, a toolkit was used to ensure that there is a level playing field for open source and that some of the myths associated with open source are dispelled.
Participating in open procurement calls should be made easy Public procurement of innovative solutions Commissioning tools could also be set up to see if the deployment of the DSI strategy
funding and all public-funded software should use open standards. For a definition of open standards, see Openstand Principles48
It can also include the development of open source mobile phone alternatives such as Fairphone69 on top of which a whole
and Makerspaces with free software and open hardware training, or by the Open Data Institute (ODI) and Open Knowledge
analytics software to test demand Fi na n -ci al V al ue There has to be a market for
cohort/panel study, regular interval surveying Level 3 You can demonstrate that your product/service
and proliferation of open source projects or creative commons licenses Building on the above discussion, this table outlines the measures that a framework for
Interoperable, customised and modular services and applications based on open source, open access and open hardware can then be built on top of a public federated platform in a dynamic and flexible way,
Big OTT are Google, Skype, Youtube Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and EBAY 4 Sestini, Fabrizio.``Collective awareness
/outlook/e-outlook/stipolicyprofiles /competencestoinnovate /taxincentivesforrdandinnovation. htm 39 http://crowdingin. com 40 http://www. lanzanos. com
-outlook-19991428. htm 85 https://www innovationpolicyplatform. org Figures Page 25 Natalie Ortiz (2012) â€oeouishare Summit
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