TY - BOOK
T1 - Digital technologies and the social economy
T2 - New technologies and digitisation: opportunities and challenges for the social economy and social enterprises
AU - Gagliardi, Dimitri
AU - Psarra, F.
AU - Wintjes, Rene
AU - Trendafili, K.
AU - Pineda Mendoza, J.
AU - Haaland, Kirsten
AU - Turkeli, Serdar
AU - Giotitsas, C.
AU - Pazaitis, A.
AU - Niglia, F.
AU - Cox, D.
N1 - how to cite: European Commission, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Gagliardi, D., Psarra, F., Wintjes, R., et al., Digital technologies and the social economy : new technologies and digitisation : opportunities and challenges for the social economy and social enterprises, Publications Office, 2020, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2826/50361
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The ongoing digital transformation is crucial for the social economy as it presents both enormous opportunities and challenges. Digital technologies, such as online platforms, software applications (apps), distributed ledger technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI), offer a wide variety of tools to support the creation of social values and the development and further expansion of the social economy. Budget constraints, digital skills shortages and technological gaps are clear barriers for the social economy to uptake new technologies. We selected 26 social economy organisations using innovative digital technologies effectively across Greece, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. Our objective is to understand how they are working through the digitalisation process. The study, based on primary information and insights collected via personal interviews, workshops and on relevant literature, sheds light on the key questions stated above. Here we present highlights of the study.
AB - The ongoing digital transformation is crucial for the social economy as it presents both enormous opportunities and challenges. Digital technologies, such as online platforms, software applications (apps), distributed ledger technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI), offer a wide variety of tools to support the creation of social values and the development and further expansion of the social economy. Budget constraints, digital skills shortages and technological gaps are clear barriers for the social economy to uptake new technologies. We selected 26 social economy organisations using innovative digital technologies effectively across Greece, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. Our objective is to understand how they are working through the digitalisation process. The study, based on primary information and insights collected via personal interviews, workshops and on relevant literature, sheds light on the key questions stated above. Here we present highlights of the study.
UR - https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/2c17d0c2-3384-11eb-b27b-01aa75ed71a1
U2 - 10.2826/50361
DO - 10.2826/50361
M3 - Report
BT - Digital technologies and the social economy
PB - European Commission
ER -