Youth e-participation: Lessons Learned from an Ongoing Project in Switzerland

E-participation describes the utilization of ICT means and social media in order to furtherdevelop citizen participation in the information society. Especially the youth is usingrespective applications and platforms quite naturally for communication and interaction.In an ongoing e-participation pilot project in a Swiss municipality an e-participationplatform has been developed. After presenting a general overview of the topic the projectincluding its initial situation as well as lessons learned are being presented

The Use of ICT to support Regional Developments: Contributions from the Bled eConference

The Bled eConference quite often gets connected to the notion of eRegion. Therefore in this paper we will have a closer look at how the idea of an eRegion has been addressed by the conference over the past. After briefly looking at the emergence of the term eRegion, we summarize the contribution of the Bled eConference to the field of eRegion in the Research Track as well as in the Business Track. Whereas in the Research Track contributions have focussed mostly on developing existing regions through ICT means, the Business Track activities tackle especially cross-border challenges between regions

Emerging Industrial Structures in the Digital Economy - the Case of the Financial Industry

The developments of the Digital Economy will have a fundamental impact on structures and processes of eco- nomic systems. The paper first outlines the general de- riving challenges applying them then to the financial in- dustry and especially the retail banking sector. Based on this analysis the concept of a virtual bank is developed as a typical new intermediary in the financial industry

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Status of business model and electronic market research:An interview with Paul Timmers

This interview with Paul Timmers reflects on how the domain of business models has emerged since the publication of the first business model article in Electronic Markets in 1998. The interview provides insights in how his seminal article on business models for electronic markets originated and on the role of government bodies, in particular the European Commission. Among the opinions shared are that electronic markets should be conceived as a broad concept and that interdisciplinary views are key for shaping future developments, especially in the area of ubiquitous data in many industries

Dagstuhl-Manifest zur Strategischen Bedeutung des Software Engineering in Deutschland

Im Rahmen des Dagstuhl Perspektiven Workshop 05402 "Challenges for Software Engineering Research" haben führende Software Engineering Professoren den derzeitigen Stand der Softwaretechnik in Deutschland charakterisiert und Handlungsempfehlungen für Wirtschaft, Forschung und Politik abgeleitet. Das Manifest fasst die diese Empfehlungen und die Bedeutung und Entwicklung des Fachgebiets prägnant zusammen