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The Impact of Highly-skilled ICT Labour on Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from Six European Countries

Hagsten, Eva; Sabadash, Anna - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014

productivity. The effects are investigated both in isolation and in conjunction with the impact of ICT maturity on microdata in six …

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Absorptive capacity, innovation cooperation and human-capital. Evidence from 3 European countries

Franco, Chiara; Marzucchi, Alberto; Montresor, Sandro - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012

on the kind of partner. Human capital is claimed to be as important as other organisational mechanisms for the AC impact …

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The Industry and Policy Context for Digital Games for Empowerment and Inclusion: Market Analysis, Future Prospects and Key Challenges in Videogames, Serious Games and Gamification.

Stewart, James; Misuraca, Gianluca - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012

state of play of these industries, their trajectories and the challenges they face. It also analyses the contribution these …

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The Potential of Digital Games for Empowerment and Social Inclusion of Groups at Risk of Social and Economic Exclusion: Evidence and Opportunity for Policy

Stewart, James; Bleumers, Lizzy; Centeno - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013

especially in practice, before clear conclusions on large scale impact could be drawn. The report finishes by suggesting a range …

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The Potential of Time Banks to support Social Inclusion and Employability: An investigation of the use of reciprocal volunteering and complementary currencies for social impact

Boyle, David - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014

Time banks are systems which measure and reward the effort people make in their neighbourhoods, supporting other people – often in very informal ways – and which allows people also to draw down informal support when they need it. In different ways, they use time as a kind of ‘money’ to...

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Internet-mediated Volunteering in the EU: Its history, prevalence, and approaches and how it relates to employability and social inclusion

Cravens, Jayne - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014

This is a review of Internet-mediated volunteering in European Union (EU) countries. It assesses the current status of such in EU countries and identifies key actors and stakeholders, drivers and barriers, uptake and usage, and potential challenges and risks for users, donors, policy makers and...

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Absorptive capacity, innovation cooperation and human-capital. Evidence from 3 European countries

Franco, Chiara; Marzucchi, Alberto; Montresor, Sandro - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012

on the kind of partner. Human capital is claimed to be as important as other organisational mechanisms for the AC impact …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170068

Are ICT Displacing Workers? Evidence from Seven European Countries

Biagi, Federico; Pantea, Smaranda; Sabadash, Anna - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014

This paper examines whether ICT substitute labour and reduce the demand for labour. We used firm-level comparable data separately for firms in manufacturing, services and ICT-producing sectors from seven European countries. We adopted a common methodology and applied it to a unique dataset...

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Employment of ICT Specialists in the EU 2000-2012

Sabadash, Anna - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014

This study examines the evolution of the number of ICT-skilled workers employed in industry sectors in the EU28 over the period 2000-2012. Data are taken from the Eurostat Labour Force Statistics. It introduces a novel definition of ICT specialists that combines occupations and skills...

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Literature review of how Telecentres operate and have an impact on eInclusion. Exploratory study on explanations and theories of how Telecentres and other community-based e-Inclusi...

Garrido, Maria; Sey, Araba; Hart, Tabitha; Santana, Luis - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012

Telecentres and other community-based e-Inclusion actors operate and have an impact on digital and social inclusion policy goals …’. This study was commissioned by IPTS to feed into a forthcoming 2-year research project: Measuring the impact of eInclusion …-depth coding of these explanations vis-à-vis different impact areas, as well as in relation to institutional capacity. As a …

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