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The Internet significantly affects OECD economies at different levels and in numerous different / impact areas. In particular the Internet impacts firms in various sectors, individuals and governments. It / also has some observable general macro-economic effects. /  At the firm level, the restructuring of business models in association with use of the Internet has / led to improved efficiencies./ 1/  The impact of the Internet can also be seen in the rapid growth of new firms / founding their businesses on the Internet. The Internet's enhanced communication capabilities are affecting / nearly all sectors of the economy in ways that may be as subtle as making previously hard-to-find data / available online or as profound as transforming an entire market such as is occurring with music, video, / software, books and news.  /  The Internet is reshaping the way individuals live. It brings benefits of higher consumer welfare / (through a larger variety of digital goods and services, lower prices, improved information gathering, more / distribution channels and so forth). In addition, individuals benefit from a more efficient labour market/ 2/ and, on a broader level, from positive impacts on the environment/ 3/  and in education. /  For governments, Internet development enables better communication with citizens, industry and / other organisations. The Internet has also helped governments run more efficiently via improved / information sharing, increased transparency and the automation of various resource-intensive services.  /  The impacts of the Internet on the individual, firm and government level can be also observed at / the aggregated, macroeconomic scale. Existing empirical studies, including ongoing OECD work, suggest / a positive link between increasing Internet adoption and use and economic growth. Even though the / aggregated effects are still preliminary, the relationship between Internet development and economic / growth, as well as microeconomic ev

Par Nicolas Vidal - BSCNEWS.FR / Olivier Larizza vient de publier « La querelle des livres» chez les Editions Buchet Chastel. En ces temps instables où le livre ne parvient plus à distinguer clairement son avenir,  l'auteur nous donne son sentiment sur « cet enjeu de civilisation»  avec un discours à contre-courant de ce qui se dit et se décrète sur cette question. L'introduction de votre ouvrage est claire. Vous parlez d'un enjeu de civilisation concernant l'avenir du livre. A votre avis, est-il plus d'ordre économique ou au contraire culturel ? Je dirais : « les deux, mon colonel ! » Mais pas seulement d'ordre économique et culturel : également d'ordre cognitif, éducatif, écologique, sanitaire et symbolique. C'est pourquoi je parle d'un enjeu de civilisation.

In 2001, when the World Economic Forum first published  The Global Information and Technology Report (GITR),  the dot-com bubble had just burst; there were fewer than  20 million mobile phone users in all of Africa; and Apple  Inc.'s product line was confined to Macintosh computers.  That Report presented an optimistic view of the future,  highlighting the transformational potential of information  and communication technologies (ICT) in advancing the  progress of global society and business. In the decade  that followed, Booz & Company has witnessed firsthand  the realization of that potential in its work with clients and  communities worldwide and through its long-standing  involvement with the GITR. Today there are more than  500 million mobile phone subscribers in Africa, and  Apple is the world's largest company in market capitalization, producing iPhones, iPods, and iPads along with  Mac computers. Despite the strides the sector has made  since the technology bust in 2001, however, we believe  we are only just beginning to feel the impact of digitization-the mass adoption by consumers, businesses, and  governments of smart and connected ICT. Success in the digitization world-where competitors from Shenzhen to Schengen can emerge seemingly  overnight-requires policymakers and business leaders  to go back to the drawing board to identify and build  "right-to-win" capabilities in their spheres of influence.  Digitization is more than a matter of access. Our recent  research shows that digitization multiplies the impact of  connectivity, creating substantial incremental value in  terms not only of job creation and economic growth, but  also of societal well-being and government transparency.  Today, more than 70 percent of the world's citizens live in  societies that have just begun their digitization journeys.  As the individuals and enterprises in these societies  continue to progress in developing their own digitiza

"August and September, in partnership with the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), I conducted a national survey of IEDC members and others affiliated with IEDC. The primary goal was to get a snapshot of how broadband impacts local economic outcomes. A secondary goal was to gather some insights to leveraging broadband as an economic development asset. This is the only survey that goes directly to the people who work in the trenches daily impacting local economic outcomes. Here is where I separate some of the hype surrounding broadband's power to transform local economies with some reality checks. Some of the findings from this year's survey include: only 11% of economic developers believe broadband's biggest economic benefit to individuals is helping them find jobs; 18% of respondents have insufficient speeds to produce economic outcomes listed and have given up hope for a solution; another 13% do not have enough speed to get the job done, but are actively trying to find or create a solution; 43.5% of respondents' jurisdictions exist under duopoly conditions, 15.5% are in communities that live with a broadband monopoly; about 12% of respondent' say their communities plan to start building broadband networks in the next 18 months, another 22% hope to build a network at some point in the future; 64% of respondents reject convention broadband remedies for urban areas to say "faster speeds, cheaper services" will have the biggest impact on economic development (value of computing centers compromised by crappy infrastructure in poor communities); fiber continues to outshine wireless in terms of expected impact on economic outcomes, with the biggest gap in expectations in the areas of attracting businesses to a community and making local companies more competitive; and 41% - 48% of respondents believe broadband can increase the number of home-based businesses; and significant percentages of respondents say broadband adoption doesn't mean j

"The use of broadband for many everyday activities has a huge cumulative impact on the economic welfare of a nation. It is difficult to get an exact read on how great the impact is. A few things are certain, however: The impact indeed is large, it is growing and nations that don't deploy broadband will be left behind."

Selon un récent ouvrage d'un responsable de la Cantine numérique rennaise, les retombées économiques de l'open data ne sont pas à chercher dans la vente d'applications mais dans nombre de gains indirects.

La presse écrite est confrontée depuis une dizaine d'années à une crise qui l'oblige à repenser son modèle industriel et économique. Si les magazines spécialisés et les hebdomadaires d'actualité sont parvenus à préserver leur diffusion, tel n'est pas le cas de la presse quotidienne d'information générale qui subit une diminution de ses ventes et de ses recettes publicitaires.

L'avènement du numérique représente toutefois, pour ces librairies, à moyen terme, un défi renouvelé relativement à leur fonction de médiation et une menace quant à leur équilibre économique. Ces enjeux se répercutent sur l'ensemble de la chaîne du livre, risquant d'affecter la création comme la diffusion du livre et, in fine, le lecteur lui-même. Cette mutation technologique ne pourrait-elle cependant, à la condition de la maîtriser, offrir une perspective de développement pour une profession qui illustre la spécificité de notre modèle culturel ? Comment les libraires peuvent-ils, avec Internet, étendre leur champ d'action et de prescription ? Le Centre d'analyse stratégique, aidé par le Centre national du livre (CNL), aborde ici des questions souvent soulevées et constamment débattues, tant l'évolution du numérique est rapide et tant les solutions propices au développement de la librairie comme vecteur du livre et promoteur de la lecture restent à réinventer. 

About a week ago the FTTH Council run a webinar presenting research findings on the socio-economic impact of fiber broadband in Bulgaria. Unfortunately I wasn't able to watch it live so I found it, kudos to Pauline, on vimeo. You can watch the presentation at the end of the post, but before that, here's a quick summary of what is going down in the country: New regulatory measures and stricter requirements for operating a telecommunications networks brings to the fore a growing trend of consolidations among ISPs. Internet impact is highlighted especially in terms of access to information, working conditions and practical life Percentage of satisfied broadband customers: 85% of all FTTB users, 75% of cable users and 60% of all DSL users. FTTB encourages tele-working 66% of the Bulgarians consider that the availability of a broadband connection influences the selection of residence

"The economic impact of the Internet is getting bigger-just about everywhere-and it already has an enormous base. In the U.K., for example, the Internet's contribution to 2010 GDP is more than that of construction and education. In the U.S., it exceeds the federal government's percentage of GDP. The Internet economy would rank among the top six industry sectors in China and South Korea."

"ne étude de l'OCDE démontre qu'Internet a été l'un des principaux moteurs de la croissance économique et de l'emploi ces deux dernières années, notamment en France."

Les technologies mobiles sont devenues un secteur économique majeur au Québec. Selon une étude publiée l'an dernier, elles employaient plus de 43 000 personnes dans 71 sociétés.

"BT is investing £2.5bn to roll-out superfast broadband to two-thirds of UK consumer and business premises by the end of 2014. Regeneris Consulting was commissioned to assess the potential economic benefits of BT's investment in superfast broadband for businesses and focussed on four case study areas: A rural area in the UK: Norfolk and Suffolk A UK town: Caerphilly A UK city: Sunderland The capital city: London The report and its observations builds on Regeneris' experience in the production of number of studies assessing the economic impact of broadband investments throughout the UK. Their work has informed business planning and bid development, including a number of the current crop of BDUK projects and projects to help secure investment from European funding sources. The 'Key Facts regarding BT's investment in Broadband' and the 'Summary of key observations' from the report are below. "

This study calculates the impact of investment in broadband technology on employment and output of Germany's economy. Two sequential investment scenarios are analyzed: the first one is based on the Government's "National Broadband Strategy" aimed at ensuring that 75 percent of German households have broadband access of at least 50 Mbps by 2014. The second scenario, covering 2015-2020, is labeled "ultra-broadband", and ensures that 50 percent of German households have access to at least 100 Mbps and another 30 percent to 50 Mbps by 2020. 

This is a great clip created by Novay for the positive implications of a high-speed broadband, connected world. Have a look, you'll like it:

Mobile broadband has a higher positive impact than fixed broadband on economic growth, particularly in developing nations, according to a new report from the World Bank and infoDev, its technology entrepreneurship and innovation program. The report recommended a number of supply- and demand-side policies to foster increased adoption of mobile broadband in markets worldwide.

Over the past several decades, the globalization of the  manufacturing ecosystem has driven more change and impacted  the prosperity of more companies, nations and people than at any  time since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Nations around the  world have taken part in and benefited from the rapid globalization of  industry and expansion of manufacturing. Globalization of  manufacturing has been a key driver of higher-value job creation and  a rising standard of living for the growing middle class in emerging  nation economies. This has dramatically changed the nature of  competition between emerging and developed nations as well as  between companies. Recent research confirms manufacturing has  been immensely important to the prosperity of nations, with over  70% of the income variations of 128 nations explained by differences  in manufactured product export data alone. 

"Data Centers have come under attack as terminally wasteful and "dirty" enterprises that offer little in the way of jobs. Joe Weinman, senior VP at Telx, disputes that, and says in fact they indirectly employee countless thousands across many industries."