Focus on demand-supply dynamics of skills and employment in the Information Society. The objective of STAR research in this area is to provide an original systematic assessment and analysis for selected European countries of the changing relationship between skills and employment in four primary portions of the information technology - electronics and communications (ITEC) sector and three additional sectors making heavy use of ITEC-related skills (travel and tourism, financial services and public services).

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A conceptually, and methodologically oriented report providing a new perspective on the changing relationship between skills and employment in the Information Society.

A report based on a current and in-depth analysis of the creation and supply of, and the demand for information technology, electronics and communications (ITEC) skills, and their implications for the emerging digital economy in Europe.

This is a conceptual and methodological paper that maps the state-of-the-art of knowledge relating to outsourcing practice, the obstacles that firms and individuals experience and the enabling conditions that prevail.

This report describes the implications of outsourcing for the globalisation of information processing services and analyses the patterns of skill accumulation and employment in Europe and their implications for the balance between outsourcing and 'inhouse' activities especially in the area of software applications development.

The aim of this research is to trace the recent development of alternative intellectual property rights arrangements and their specific implications for the skills (and knowledge) of creators and user. The study encompass the varieties of information goods that can be distributed on the Internet ranging from software and texts to graphics, images and multimedia. Developments in the US and Europe have been compared and contrasted. The policy aims of the research are to: 1) identify European interests in the development of alternative intellectual property arrangements, and 2) to identify policies that may be needed to promote knowledge about their availability or their use by information creators.