The digital economy accounts for 25 percent of global GDP today and as much as 50 percent of value creation going forward. To maximize the digital economy’s potential, policymakers must adopt effective rules and norms to facilitate trade in digital goods and enable the free flow of data, as GTIPA-member reports in this category explore.
From trade in goods then trade in services, we now have digital trade.
In a new discussion paper, President and Co-founder Paul Hofheinz and Deputy Director and Senior Fellow Luukas K. Ilves take a look at the coming challenge – and strategic advantage – for a renewed European digital agenda under the incoming European Commission. The discussion paper looks at three key tests Europe faces: 1) An incomplete single market; 2) an incomplete digital society, and 3) the absence of global digital champions coming from within Europe and proposes an Eight-Point Action Plan for the European institutions and the incoming European Commission. Among the key recommendations are “complete the single market,” upgrade the digital AND the single-market dossiers in a commission restructuring, use co-creation and “design thinking” in policymaking and commit to an “Every European Digital” programme to end Europe’s digital divide.
Digitalization is revolutionizing business models and the relationship between authorities and citizens and between enterprises and consumers creating new opportunities, but also raising some critical issues.
This document focuses on the identification of the advances and challenges related to practices focused on achieving the SDGs for 2030 in Colombia. Having as a central and transversal axis the use, adoption and appropriation of ICT by people, industries and institutions, a roadmap is presented to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by new technologies to not only meet our quota of ODS, but to lead the region in the knowledge economy.
Digitization is revolutionizing our society, transforming human existence,
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is an integral part of business activities
This report by I-Com assesses the main opportunities for EU consumers and businesses created by the digitalization process.
“The Rise of Asian Platforms: A Regional Survey” is the first comprehensive survey to examine platform companies across Asia. The regions explored include Northeast Asia, China, India and Southeast Asia. The survey identifies 62 major platform companies operating across Asia with a market capitalization of $800 million or more. The market value of the 62 companies now exceeds $1.1 trillion and has a powerful growing influence on shaping markets throughout the region and worldwide.
This Infoblog by TicTac de la CCIT addresses how Colombia can best take advantage of the digital revolution that is transforming and disrupting modern economies, societies, and communities.