The purpose of this article is to contribute for the debate about the construction of governance spaces which guarantee the continuity of the regional development public policies, thus articulating actors and optimizing strategic projects in order to improve regional competitiveness ans...

The paper explores how ethical frameworks and concerns arise within digital technologies and examines the implementation of ethics by governments and private companies. It concludes by proposing a forward-looking approach and identifying potential challenges to implement ethics within the design...

The paper focuses on the first public programs in Spain to support the introduction of cloud computing services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro-SMEs, and facilitating the digital transformation of SMEs, stimulating e-commerce and encouraging competitiveness. The paper...

With the development of information technology, the connotation of the Digital Divide has evolved constantly. At present, we have entered the new era of "Digital Economy" and newer information technologies such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and Cloud Computing have...

Die Schaffung einer florierenden, wissensbasierten Wirtschaft ist zentrales Ziel praktisch jeder Regierung. Diese Politik basiert meist auf der Annahme, die wissensbasierte Wirtschaft sei ein revolutionäres, neues Phänomen, dessen Anfänge in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts liegen....

Our paper is based on the qualitative content analysis (Gläser/Laudel 2010) of expert interviews with IT managers in German speaking countries. Drawing also from organisational development processes we have been carrying out, we analyse how the tension between the service function of IT as...