The Sectoral e-Business Watch is based on a Framework Contract (No. ENTR/2006-019) and a Specific Contract (No. SI2.511410) between the European Commission, Enterprise and Industry Directorate General, and empirica GmbH. The implementation of the contract involves, besides empirica GmbH, the following main service providers: DIW econ, IDC EMEA, GOPA-Cartermill and Ipsos GmbH.