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The European E-Business Report 2005 customers, be it consumers or other companies) and that e-business includes internal processes within the company as well as processes between companies. Furthermore, the OECD definition implicitly indicates that the focus and main objective of electronic business is to be found in business process automation and integration, and the impacts thereof. This implies that the potential scope for e-business analyses has also broadened. The measurement of e-commerce transactions (the volume of goods and services traded online) can and should be complemented by studies analysing the degree to which business processes, including intra-firm processes, are electronically linked to each other and have become digitally integrated. Hence, it becomes practically impossible to cover in depth all areas and facets of e-business in one study. Thus, study scope needs to be carefully defined. e-Business W@tch Sector Studies, and this synthesis report, apply a wide-angle perspective and zoom into selected aspects of electronic business only. In general, studies with a wide-angle approach allow for a wider range of issues to be covered and investigated at the same time. This, however, necessarily limits the level of detail in which each single issue is explored. This must be considered when using studies prepared by e-Business W@tch. In addition to the analysis of e-business developments, e-Business W@tch Sector Studies also provide some background information on respective sector. However, this is neither intended to be, nor could it be a substitute for more detailed and specific industrial analysis. The mission of e-Business W@tch is to monitor, analyse and compare the development of e-business in different sectors of the European economy – not the sectors themselves. Its objective is to provide reliable results, based on commonly accepted methodologies, which are not readily available from other sources and would trigger the interest of policymakers, researchers, and other e-business stakeholders for more in depth analyses (or statistical surveys). e-Business W@tch has adopted a 'wide-angle' perspective in its approach and the necessary trade-offs are transparently depicted in all its deliverables. The definition of sectors and the adequate level of aggregation Economic sectors constitute the main level of analysis for e-Business W@tch. In 2005, the sample consisted of ten sectors. Their configuration and definition are based on the NACE Rev. 1.1 1 classification of business activities. The rather broad aggregation of different business activities into sectors in 2002-2004 made it possible to cover a broad spectrum of the economy, but also caused some challenges for the analysis of e-business developments. For instance, it was hardly possible to focus on individual sub-sectors in much detail within a single sector report. The selection and definition of sectors proposed for 2005 reflect these concerns. Six out of the ten sectors covered are sub-sectors that were part of (aggregated) sectors analysed in 2002-2004. The rationale for 'zooming in' on former sub-sectors is that the broad picture for the whole sector is now available from previous sector studies, and that this seems to be the right time within the prospective life-cycle of e-Business W@tch to focus the analysis on more specific business activities. 1 NACE Rev. 1 is a 4-digit activity classification which was drawn up in 1990. It is a revision of the ‘General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities within the European Communities’, known by the acronym NACE and originally published by Eurostat in 1970. 7
The European E-Business Report 2005 The 10 sectors covered in 2005 were selected on the basis of the following considerations: • The current dynamics of electronic business in the sector and the impact of ICT and electronic business, as derived from earlier e-Business W@tch sector studies. • Interest articulated by the industry in previous years on studies of this type. • Policy relevance of the sector from the perspective of the European Commission, DG Enterprise & Industry. • 'Roll-out strategy': New sectors (not covered in 2002-2004) were added, as well as specific industries which had only been covered as part of a larger sector in the past. In 2005, e-Business W@tch also published four cross-sector studies. These Special Reports focus on a particular e-business topic of interest across different sectors rather than on a single sector. Exhibit: Sector reports and special studies by e-Business W@tch in 2005 No. Sector Studies NACE Rev. 1.1 Publication date(s) 1 Food and beverages DA 15 July 2005 Sep. 2005 2 Textile industry DB 17, 18 July 2005 --- 3 Publishing and printing DE 22 July 2005 Sep. 2005 4 Pharmaceutical industry DG 24.4 July 2005 Sep. 2005 5 Machinery and equipment DK 29.1-5 July 2005 Sep. 2005 6 Automotive industry DM 34 July 2005 --- 7 Aerospace DM 35.3 --- Sep. 2005 8 Construction F 45 July 2005 Sep. 2005 9 Tourism H 55, I 63.3 --- Sep. 2005 10 IT services K 72 July 2005 Sep. 2005 Special Reports (cross-sector) A A User's Guide to ICT Indicators: Definitions, sources, data collection July 2005 --- B Overview of International E-Business Developments July 2005 --- C E-Business Standards and Interoperability --- Sep. 2005 D ICT Security and Electronic Payments --- Sep. 2005 8
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