RAND Europe is an independently
chartered European subsidiary of RAND. Located in the City of Leiden, the
Netherlands, it operates as a foundation, chartered in The Hague under Dutch
law. The mission of RAND Europe is to conduct objective, independent, high-quality
policy analysis that informs public and private sector decision making throughout
Europe. RAND Europe seeks to accomplish its mission through research and
analysis of European policy issues of interest to governments, the private
sector and the public. RAND Europe's work focuses principally on four substantive
areas: Air and Surface Transport and Infrastructure; Health and Environment;
Information and Communications; and Defense and Security. RAND Europe research
is conducted alone, in conjunction with individuals and research organisations
in the Netherlands and throughout Europe, and through close co-operation
with other RAND units.
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The
Danish Technological Institute is an independent, not-for-profit
institution approved as a technological service agency by the Danish Ministry
of Business and Industry. The role of the Danish Technological Institute
is to address the needs of the industrial sector and of society as a whole
by developing and disseminating technological innovation. Technology is
here understood to be broader than technical expertise and to include business
management, the development of organisations and human resources, and wider
societal impacts. A ready fund of technological expertise and business services
is available for improving competitiveness, encouraging the sustainable
use of resources, enhancing employment and the quality of jobs, whilst also
reducing the burden of costs to industry and society. The Institute collaborates
with both Danish and international centres of excellence and research institutes
in seeking out, adapting and enhancing the latest research findings, and
with industrial organisations, educational establishments and government
authorities in disseminating and exploiting the fruits of this expertise
rapidly and efficiently.
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Analytica
Social and Economic Research Ltd is a small independent research
and consultancy company based in London which has established a world-wide
reputation for innovative and intelligent analysis of the social, economic
and organisational impacts of technological change. At an international
level, Analytica's clients include public bodies such as the ILO, WH O,
OECD and UN as well as large companies such as IBM, AT&T and BT. At
a national level, we have carried out research and consultancy or provided
high-level briefings for government bodies in countries as varied as Canada,
Australia, India, Malaysia and Japan as well as most European countries,
including EU Accession States. Policy clients also include international
and national professional bodies and trade unions, NGOs and a range of smaller
companies and regional and local government organisations. European Commission
policy clients span DG Information Society, DG Employment and Social Affairs,
DG Research and DG Regional Development as well as occasional inputs of
expertise in other policy areas including transport, education and aid to
developing countries.
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Empirica
is a research and consultancy organisation founded in 1988 and is based
in Bonn, Germany. The empirica communications and technology research group
specialises in research and consultancy to clients in both private and public
sectors in uses of new developments in information and telecommunications
technology. The group has permanent staff from a range of disciplines, including
psychology, social and management science and engineering and informatics.
The mix of qualifications and locations allows easy formation of interdisciplinary
and international teams well tuned to the demands of a variety of projects
and clients. empirica's involvement in a number of international R&D
projects and long standing co-operation with R&D teams and product management
in key European and US companies allows us to stay at the leading edge of
fast changing developments in technology and markets.
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Databank
Consulting is the Italian leading company for marketing research
and consulting in the ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) sectors.
It employs 15 consultants and support staff. The company is based in Milan,
Italy. The staff includes several multilingual consultants with a wide range
of specialistic expertise, in the economics, ICT markets modeling, business-consumers
demand analysis, and media-telecom regulatory issues fields. The company
is a fully owned subsidiary of the Databank Group, based in Italy, leader
for Competitive and Customer intelligence, specialised in sectorial competitive
analysis and business performance measurements. The Databank group publishes
multiclient studies analysing market competition on 350 sectors articulated
in 1400 market segments, involving approximately 10,000 companies in Italy
(200 sectors are analysed in Spain and Portugal). The group operates in
Milano, Roma, Bruxelles, Madrid, Duesseldorf, Buenos Aires through own subsidiaries
and associates, with a total consolidated turnover of 25 Billion Lire in
2000. Databank group was bought in July 2000 by group Seat Pagine Gialle,
a subsidiary of Telecom Italia.
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SFC
undertakes market research, socio-economic analysis, business and project
evaluation. It advises its client companies and organisations on their project
and business development in the areas of information and communication technologies,
with a focus on information and communication services and electronic commerce.
It provides project management services to clients. Its clients include
the European Commission, the European Parliament, German Telecommunications
companies, Belgian and Italian consulting firms as well as the regional
representation of West Sweden.
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Martech
International SA is a company with liability limited by shares and
incorporated in Belgium in September 1992. Martech acts as an advisor to
SMEs, companies and administrations on issues relating to the Information
Society. It assists organisations to develop strategies and to deal with
rapidly changing environments especially in the domains of e-work and electronic
commerce. Activity is targeted at three main sectors:
- companies within the
IT environment wishing to use the experience of Martech Intl and its
associates to develop, improve and deliver marketing deliverables.
- companies and administrations
seeking to improve their competitiveness and marketing capability
using information technology.
- awareness creation
which includes the design and implementation of web-sites, organisation
of conferences and workshops, dissemination of results and editing
regular newsletters.
- consultancy services
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