ICT for Competitiveness & Innovation
The Information and communication technologies (ICT) sector accounted for a substantial part of EU GDP and employment. However, ICT is a ubiquitous technology and investments in ICT are also estimated to have been responsible for around half of the EU's productivity growth in recent years.
It is a highly R&D intensive sector, accounting for around a quarter of EU R&D. As general purpose technologies, ICT goods and services are important drivers of productivity growth and economic performance across all sectors.
ICT enables process and product innovation, and money spent on computing technology delivers gains in worker productivity, which are many times higher than those of other investments.
Key content
News
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08/02/2012
EU and US agree to bring excessive American anti-dumping duties down to WTO level
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07/02/2012
Enterprises must boost innovation as global competition becomes stronger
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25/01/2012
Events
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15/03/2012 > 16/03/2012 Stuttgart
"Growing the Extended Enterprise: integrating SMEs in smart digital supply chains"
Contracts and grants
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Deadline: 30/01/2013
Services to collect, display and analyse data/information on SMEs' access to finance
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Deadline: 30/09/2013
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Deadline: 30/06/2014
Economist Visitors Programme to support the work of the Competitiveness Report (2011-2014)
