Socila Computing-implications for EU Innovation Landscape

Abstract

The paper aims to assess the main implications for innovation and competitiveness of social computing trends that promise to swift economic and social relations . They are increasingly being considered by policymakers, both as a tool as well as an object for policymaking (i.e. how social conmputing could play a role in information society policies). The paper provides the firsts evidence on the size and the weight of these trends, as well as on their economic relevance.