The "Sectoral e-Business Watch" (SeBW) studies the impact of ICT and e-business on enterprises, industries and the economy in general. It highlights barriers for a wider or faster uptake of ICT and identifies public policy challenges arising from these developments. In this way, the SeBW supports the work of the European Commission's Enterprise and Industry Directorate General in the field of ICT (> policy context).

In 2009, the overarching themes of the studies are ICT & energy, ICT skills and ICT policy. In line with the prevailing e-Business Watch approach, two sectoral and three cross-sectoral studies are being carried out.

The "Sectoral e-Business Watch" is based on a service contract between DG Enterprise and Industry and empirica GmbH, involving the following main service providers: DIW Berlin, GOPA-Cartermill, IDC EMEA, and Ipsos GmbH (> project team).

Sectoral e-Business Watch Conference 2009:
Presentations now available

The Sectoral e-Business Watch Conference 2009 took place in Brussels on 29 October.

The Conference focused on the potential of ICT to support sustainability objectives, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the energy efficiency in production processes. Based on this assessment, Implications for an ICT-related industrial policy were discussed.

The conference presentations as well as a summary of the conference and additional information about the programme and the speakers are now available in pdf format at the conference website.

Announcements

• 07/07/09
  New studies: interim report summaries available online. The Sectoral e-Business Watch has published the summaries of several new study interim reports. The final reports are expected for November 2009. See "Forthcoming studies".

Chart of the month - January 2010

Energy efficiency as an objective for ICT investments:
% of companies in the GCC industry investing in ICT to improve energy efficiency...

Source: Sectoral e-Business Watch Survey 2009.
Read: Percentage of companies in the glass, ceramic & cement industry whose main objective in ICT investments was to improve the energy efficiency of ICT systems / in production processes / both in production processes and of ICT systems.
(N=676)

More information: Sectoral e-Business Watch

Forthcoming studies (executive summarys available)

e-Business sector studies (interim reports available) :

1. ICT in the glass, cement and ceramic industry
2. The energy supply industry & ICT

Cross-sectoral ICT studies(executive summarys available):

1. ICT impact on greenhouse gas emissions in energy intensive industries
2. An economic assessment of ICT-related industrial policy
3. e-Skills demand developments and challenges

Finished studies

e-Business sector studies:

1. Chemical, rubber and plastics
2. Steel
3. Furniture
4. Retail
5. Transport & logistics
6. Banking

Cross-sectoral ICT studies:

1. RFID adoption and implications
2. Intellectual property rights for ICT-producing SMEs
3. The implications of ICT for energy consumption
4. An e conomic assessment of ICT adoption and its impact on innovation and performance
5. ICT standards in the health sector

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