Innovation, skills development and labour: a European perspective

LSE Enterprise was approached by Microsoft, a software developer engaged in lobbying the European Commission and Parliament, to appoint an expert team of academic consultants to research and write a series of four reports on various aspects of innovation. Working with our nominated academic director, LSE Enterprise put together a strong research team, who continue to work closely with the client to deliver each of the reports to a standard suitable for consumption by top EU policy-makers, the client's industry sector, the press and the public. The reports are designed and printed professionally to ensure maximum quality and consistency across the series

Economics of cloud services in rapidly growing economies: the case of Turkey

During the Annual National Informatics Congress in Ankara (Bilisim 2012), Jonathan Liebenau presented the results of a study conducted by LSE Tech on the labour market and general economic effects of cloud computing for Turkey. The study is of particular interest for rapidly growing economies and developing countries that might wish to reflect on what the economic effects of new general purpose technologies might be. Given that those effects are closely linked to an array of public policies related to information and communication technologies, to education and skills development, to trade in services and information handling, etc., the lessons are wide-ranging