scholarly journals Digital transformation and egovernment. For a research agenda on the Liguria Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 471
Author(s):  
Luca Raffini ◽  
Pietro Paolo Giampellegrini ◽  
Andrea Pirni
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Digital Services ◽  
Contribution Analysis ◽  
Strong Focus ◽  
Strategic Program ◽  
The Eu

The contribution analysis the effects of digital transformation, provides a critical assessment of the policies on e-government in Europe and in Italy, and draft a research agenda focused on Liguria Region. The article moves from the need to conduct research aimed at analyzing the change in the relations between subject and institution in contemporary western societies. The article, focusing on official documents, explores the strategies of digital transformation adopted by the EU. Liguria is a case study of interest because, starting from the 2016-2018 Digital Strategic Program, has adopted a strong focus on the principles of Open Government and an explicit decision to invest in specific digital services for citizens and businesses.

scholarly journals Coordinating the digital transformation of inter-organizational public services – The case of e-invoicing in Belgium

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2021) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Stijn Wouters ◽  
Veiko Lember ◽  
Joep Crompvoets
Keyword(s):  
Public Services ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Step Process ◽  
Digital Services ◽  
Governance Challenges ◽  
Specific Implementation ◽  
Choice Of Instruments ◽  
Over Time

Digital transformation has the potential to profoundly change the way public administrations deliver public services to its users. One of the challenges involved in the inter-organizational networks that often govern integrated digital services is to identify what coordination instruments are effective. In this paper we examine this issue through a case study that deals with the transformation of invoicing services in Belgian public administrations at the federal and Flemish (regional) level. We review the coordination instruments and study how they evolved over time. Our findings suggest that transformation (1) might in part depend on the choice of instruments and multiple mechanisms. The mix of appropriate coordination instruments is likely to change as digital transformation objectives and governance challenges evolve over time. (2) Digital transformation might be a step-by-step process involving multiple rounds of digitalization and its specific implementation contingent on the service itself.

scholarly journals Motivations of civil society actors to reuse open data. Case study of discrete actors in Lyon

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-70
Author(s):  
Olga Slobodova
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Heuristic Model ◽  
Data Platform

Open data platforms are being widely adapted in cities with a promise to boost the economy and empower citizens. However, researchers have drawn attention to the ineffectiveness of such initiatives, unless they are designed taking into account the local context and ecosystem of actors. Yet, literature review demonstrates a gap in addressing individual motivations of actors and in particular discrete civil society actors to use open data. Building upon studies on individual motivations in open government, we propose a heuristic model of interconnection between societal outcomes of open data and individual motivations of the actors.Analysis of the open data initiative and ecosystem in Lyon is based on interviews and platform analysis. Our findings show that civil society actors in Lyon have the expertise to create knowledge and services from open data, but they fail to appropriate the latter for the lack of communication channels with the platform managers. Consequently, possible modalities of interaction are discussed and further research agenda is proposed to better understand the connection between individual motivations, open data platform design and broader societal outcomes.

scholarly journals A Critical Assessment of a Eurosceptic Party Group on European Integration: A Case Study of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sertan Akbaba
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
The Political ◽  
Democratic Deficit ◽  
Unfavourable Condition ◽  
Level Analysis ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Party Group

Abstract The article explores Euroscepticism and the way it is utilized within the politics of Europe, analyzed upon evidence from a Eurosceptic Euro-party located in the European Parliament, namely the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR). The aim of this article is to clarify that the selected party> disproves the argument of EU- criticism being an unfavourable condition, and, more importantly, its contribution to the political contestation in the EU. For such an assessment, a survey of the party> manifesto, party working documents, as well as the discourses of the Member of the European Parliament (MEPs) will be analyzed, and the concept of Euroscepticism will be once again in the centre of this analysis. This argument is evaluated based on the transnational-level analysis of the aforementioned party, focusing primarily on three specific issues-the democratic deficit, the issue of sovereignty! and anti-immigration rhetoric.

scholarly journals Digital Transformation in the Drugstore Industry: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Esmir Demaj ◽  
Xhimi Hysa ◽  
Abdyl Sadaj
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Experimental Phase ◽  
The Core ◽  
Slow Pace ◽  
Digital Services

The phenomenon of digital transformation has become widespread and relevant in a variety of industries. This era of transformation has changed the traditional business models. However, the implementation of digital services in the drugstore industry, has developed at a relatively slow pace. The core of the drugstore business model has remained product-centric and therefore pharmacies are still in an experimental phase when it comes to offering more than the traditional products. Digital services play a vital role in such occasions because they accelerate the process, making it easier to implement. This research, using the case of an innovative pharmacy located in Albania, will give an outlook of the challenges faced by this industry on daily basis and the opportunities for innovation, how important is for the costumer the value added to the products they purchase, and also an overview of what the process of digitalization might look like for this industry.Key Words: Drugstore Industry, Digital transformation, Digitization, Pharmacy “Daja”

scholarly journals Monitoring of digital transformation risks as a key policy to prevent future financial crises

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Andrey Afanasiev ◽  
Olga Kandinskaia
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Crises ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
The Eu

The digital transformation of finance has been significantly facilitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has become the dominant trend and the driving force of development in the upcoming years. The digital transformation brings not only benefits to financial markets, people, companies, and institutions, but it also results in dramatic changes of the underlying risks. The nature, mechanisms, and scale of financial crises are bound to change substantially. The paper develops a new, forward-looking approach to financial crises research. We build further upon the multidisciplinary research agenda on digital transformation by Verhoef et al. (2021). Achieving a bright digital future requires knowing and managing the adverse effects of digitalisation (Clim, 2019; Dickson, 2019; Gimpel & Schmied, 2019). Our literature search has not found any studies on digital transformation risks as a key policy to prevent future financial crises. The purpose of this paper is to examine the existing system of risks monitoring, to analyse changes in risks due to the digital transformation in finance, and to provide policymakers with insights regarding the related evolution of risks. This paper is a policy analysis type of research containing a systematic overview of risk assessment reports at the global and the EU levels.

scholarly journals Management of Distribution Risks and Digital Transformation of Insurance Distribution—A Regulatory Gap in the IDD

Risks ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Pierpaolo Marano
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Distribution Channels ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Digital Services ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
Legislative Proposals ◽  
Principle Of Proportionality ◽  
The Eu

The Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) aims to regulate insurance distribution in the EU regardless of distribution channels and means. Although new technologies affect insurance distribution, the IDD does not explicitly regulate this digital transformation. Insurers and intermediaries must comply with detailed business conduct rules that aim to counteract distribution risks. However, the IDD exempts ancillary insurance intermediaries from its scope when they meet certain conditions. The article highlights the regulatory framework on insurance, requiring insurers and intermediaries to address distribution risks, and analyses how this exemption affects the management of distribution risks in online distribution from a legal perspective. The focus on online distribution depends on the scale such distribution can achieve. The consideration of the scale allows for challenging the political choice behind the exemption of ancillary insurance intermediaries, which consists of the principle of proportionality. A regulatory proposal to counteract these adverse effects is to remove the exemption from the IDD rules for ancillary intermediaries in online distribution. Such a proposal is compliant with the principle of technological neutrality and is in line with the new legislative proposals in the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act.

Modernisation of Higher Education – Willful Action or Wishful Thinking? The Case of Bulgaria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Elena Blagoeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The impact of the last global economic crisis (2008) on the European economy put a strain on higher education (HE), yet it also pushed the sector towards intensive reforms and improvements. This paper focuses on the “Strategy for the Development of Higher Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2014-2020”. With a case study methodology, we explore the strategic endeavours of the Bulgarian government to comply with the European directions and to secure sustainable growth for the HE sector. Our research question is ‘How capable is the Bulgarian HE Strategy to overcome the economic and systemic restraints of Bulgarian higher education?’. Because the development of strategies for HE within the EU is highly contextual, a single qualitative case study was chosen as the research approach. HE institutions are not ivory towers, but subjects to a variety of external and internal forces. Within the EU, this is obviated by the fact that Universities obtain their funds from institutions such as governments, students and their families, donors, as well as EU-level programmes. Therefore, to explore how these pressures interact to affect strategic action on national level, the case method is well suited as it enabled us to study the phenomena thoroughly and deeply. The paper suggests the actions proposed within the Strategy have the potential to overcome the delay, the regional isolation and the negative impact of the economic crisis on the country. Nevertheless, the key elements on which the success or failure of this Strategy hinges are the control mechanisms and the approach to implementation. Shortcomings in these two aspects of strategic actions in HE seem to mark the difference between gaining long-term benefits and merely saving face in front of international institutions.

Systemic Unsustainability as a Threat to Democracy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Felicetti
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Sustainability Transition ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
Illustrative Case Study ◽  
New Research

Resilient socioeconomic unsustainability poses a threat to democracy whose importance has yet to be fully acknowledged. As the prospect of sustainability transition wanes, so does perceived legitimacy of institutions. This further limits representative institutions’ ability to take action, making democratic deepening all the more urgent. I investigate this argument through an illustrative case study, the 2017 People’s Climate March. In a context of resilient unsustainability, protesters have little expectation that institutions might address the ecological crisis and this view is likely to spread. New ways of thinking about this problem and a new research agenda are needed.

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