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IT Innovation within the Esprit and IST Programs. Some Evidence from the UK

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  • Dimitris Assimakopoulos

    (MTS - Management Technologique et Strategique - EESC-GEM Grenoble Ecole de Management)

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The European Strategic Program for Research in Information Technologies (Esprit) was created back in 1983 as a defensive response to the US and Japanese lead in Information Technologies (IT). Esprit was driven by the belief that intra-EU collaboration is an effective means to enhance the competitiveness of the European IT industry. Esprit has undergone a number of changes to facilitate collaboration and innovation. Yet, only after eighteen years of Esprit did the European Commission appreciate the need to encourage worldwide co-operation within its Fifth Framework Information Society Technologies (IST) Program. In the emerging information society and economy it is conceded that new ideas are as likely to be found outside Europe as within. This paper aims to investigate the personal networks of UK main contractors in Esprit and IST programs with regard to national boundaries and external linkages. It argues that the world of IT innovation is borderless and that Commission policies to impose boundaries to collaboration are unlikely to contribute to successful innovation in the IT industry throughout Europe.

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  • Dimitris Assimakopoulos, 2002. "IT Innovation within the Esprit and IST Programs. Some Evidence from the UK," Post-Print hal-00452340, HAL.
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