This paper provides an overview of the development of the conceptual framework underlying social protection programming and policy among the key international development institutions active in this sector. It sets out the historical, institutional and political factors underlying the current...

This report presents case studies from 30 European countriesfor which validated information was available to theproject by the end of November 2008.This informationreflects the situation of the cases at the date ofdelivery to the project by national correspondents duringthe time period...

The retail industry, an important contributor to the European economy, isbeing affected by changes induced by information and communication technologies(ICT) and e-business. As a result, retailers have come to embrace ICT and e-businessto various degrees. This paper aims to illustrate the...

This paper presents findings about the use of ICT and e-business in the steel industry as well as related impacts and policy implications. The study was carried out in the framework of the Sectoral e-Business Watch, a service to the European Commission’s DG Enterprise and Industry. In the...

ICTs radically open up new ways in which to address the basic challenges of regional development in the knowledge-based society. The transformative potential of ICTs resides, in particular, in the way they enable networking, learning and innovation, and empowerment. A horizontal theme that runs...

ICTs open up radically new ways in which to address the basic challenges of regional development in the Knowledge-Based Society. The transformative potential of ICTs resides, in particular, in the way they enable networking, learning and innovation, and empowerment. A horizontal theme that runs...

In order to explore to what extent existing online taxation services arelikely to meet interest on the part of end users, this chapter uses data from arepresentative population survey caried out in 2005 in nine EU Member States.By applying a so-called Access-Competence-Motivation model, the...

Instead of the home becoming a near-permanent second workplace, weface a situation where much work has become more locationally flexible,and workers settle down temporarily wherever it suits their job, tasks andpersonal preferences best, all the time staying connected to the networksthey need...