The European e-Business Report 2004 - Berlecon Research GmbH

The European E-Business Report 2004the first part of this report. The full case studies are included in the second series of Sector ImpactReports (August 2004 – available under ‘Publications’at www.ebusiness-watch.org).Industry statistics from secondary sourcesThe e-Business W@tch uses the Eurostat New Cronos Database as its main secondary source ofmacroeconomic statistical data about the sectors covered. Data from New Cronos are used asbackground information and for the elaboration of sector profiles in the first part of the Sector Studies.New Cronos is structured in nine parts (“themes”). Most of the data used for the sector studies arederived from theme 4 “Industry, trade, and services”, and here from the collection sbs (structuralbusiness statistics). Statistics were prepared by DIW Berlin, which obtained the most recent dataavailable from Eurostat in November 2003. Gaps in the official statistics resulting from missing data forindividual countries or the respective year in the time-series of a country were imputed based oneconomic calculations and estimates by DIW. Official statistics for industry-wide macro-economicindicators are at best available for 2001. For the new EU Member States, the most recent nationalaccounts are usually from 2000.Co-operation with industry experts in 2003/04As in 2002/03, the e-Business W@tch co-operated with a network of international experts possessingexcellent knowledge either of one of the sectors covered or of a special area of electronic business.Experts were charged with providing critical and constructive support and input in relation to thevarious tasks which had to be carried out in 2003/04.Experts with whom the e-Business W@tch has worked in 2003/04Name Organisation Area of expertiseDr. Dimitrios BuhalisDirector, Centre for eTourism Research (CeTR),School of Management Studies for the ServiceSector, University of Surreye-TourismDr. Enrico Colla International Research Centre for Retail and e-Commerce (CERIDICE) of the European School ofManagement, Paris; Negocia – Centre Internationalde Formation à la Vente et à la NégociationCommercialeRetailProf. Claudia Gramaccia University of Perugia, Faculty of Economics – SIGI Legal issues related toe-businessProf. Jozé GricarDepartment of Informatics & Director, eCommerceCenter, Faculty of Organizational Sciences,University of MariborE-business in the newMember StatesProf. Giuliano Noci Politecnico di Milano, Faculty of Engineering Textile industriesMr. Henry J. F. Ryan Lios Geal Consultants (Irl) Standardization issuesMr. Pim den Hertog andMr. Rob BilderbeekMr. Freek PosthumusDialogic (NL)NORMAPME (European lobby organization for SMEsat EEC level)Business servicesICT in the craft & tradesectorsDr. Thorsten Wichmann CEO Berlecon Research B2B marketplaces231