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Call for Evidence
The study group welcomes
evidence on the core questions of this study. The
questions are listed below. Evidence will be
collected until October 1st 2008. Please send
evidence to the policy team
at the Academy, with ‘UK
Competitiveness’ in the subject line. Please include
your name, contact details, and affiliation with
your response.
Core Study Questions
The study is focused on the
following high level question:
What actions are required
for the UK to maximise its capability to realise
benefits from ICT by 2020 and beyond?
This question is further
refined into the following more specific questions.
Please illustrate your responses with examples, as
appropriate. Several of the questions are directed
at you and “your enterprise”. As appropriate, please
view these questions from the perspective of each
enterprise with which you are sufficiently familiar
to cite examples.
Also, for participants in
government departments please interpret “competitive
advantage” as meaning “comparison with other
competitor nations”.
While several of the questions
are phrased in the timeframe of 2020, we recognise
that ICT technology progress is extraordinarily hard
to predict beyond just a few years. However, some of
potential recommendations will require consideration
of this longer timeframe – e.g., education and
skills development, investment in areas of possible
differentiation.
1.0 How well does your
enterprise today harness the benefits of ICT to
strengthen its global competitive position?
1.1 What is the present
strength of UK ICT capabilities?
1.2 How successful is your
enterprise in exploiting ICT for competitive
advantage?
1.3 Can you identify
specific examples from your enterprise, or your
industry, in which there exists clear evidence
that ICT use has led to benefits?
2.0 Given the changes taking
place in the ICT landscape, what are the expected
future (i.e., by 2020) benefits of having the UK as
a location for your enterprise?
2.1 How will the technical
landscape of ICT capabilities change in the next
five to ten years?
2.2 How might governments
affect the landscape of ICT capabilities and UK
competitiveness? (E.g., through protectionist
measures, investment)
2.3 How might the
globalisation of capital markets impact ICT
investment in your enterprise? (E.g., consider
impact on leadership, skills and capabilities).
3.0 What should governments,
industry, the professional societies, schools, and
universities do to ensure future competitiveness of
the UK economy?
3.1 What strategy should
be adopted with respect to ICT to enhance UK
competitiveness?
3.2 What investment should
be made to implement the strategy?
3.3 What is your vision
for leadership in ICT and its application?
3.4 What types of ICT
skills will be necessary to ensure
competitiveness for the UK economy
Please include any additional
information you would like the study team to
consider.
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