Opening up government: How to unleash the power of information for new economic growth
Updated 21 Nov 2011
Governments recognize the possibilities of opening up and many are already taking deliberate steps to move forward strategically.
Transportation and economic development: Why smarter transport is good for jobs and growth
Updated 18 Oct 2011
Rising unemployment, languid economic growth and growing urbanization make the role of transport – and intelligent transport systems – more important than ever for cities.
The power of analytics for public sector: Building analytics competency to accelerate outcomes
Updated 10 Mar 2011
It's time for public sector organizations to embrace analytics to drive outcomes and demonstrate value.
The yin yang of financial reform: Embracing maxims to enable financial stability and healthy financial innovation
Updated 03 Nov 2010
To mitigate unintended consequences of financial regulatory reforms, financial service institutions and governments must workd together to establish new principles that spur new thinking and guide specific actions.
Digital economy rankings 2010: Beyond e-readiness - A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit
Updated 28 Jun 2010
The Economist Intelligence Unit in conjunction with the IBM Institute for Business Value has published an annual Digital economy rankings of the world's largest economies since 2000. The ranking model evaluates the technological, economic, political and social assets of 70 countries.
A vision of smarter cities: How cities can lead the way into a prosperous and sustainable future
Updated 02 Jun 2010
Cities, struggling to face numerous challenges and threats to their core infrastructure and systems, must become "smarter" to seize opportunities and build sustainable prosperity.
Smarter cities for smarter growth: How cities can optimize their systems for the talent-based community
Updated 02 May 2010
How to make your city smarter: Creating and assessing the path to prosperity.
The emergence of the eco-efficient economy: The IBM Eco-efficiency Jam 2010-Key messages from a global online discussion on eco-efficiency
Updated 01 Apr 2010
IBM eco-efficiency white paper. Find out why more than 1,600 experts say eco-efficiency is the next economic game changer.
The world's trillion-dollar challenge: Using a system-of-systems approach to build a smarter planet
Updated 12 Jan 2010
The world wastes more than US$15 trillion of resources annually, but we estimate at least $4 trillion could be recovered through systemic collaboration.
Government 2020 and the perpetual collaboration mandate
Updated 28 Sep 2009
Six worldwide drivers demand customized strategies.
Bridging the Collaboration Gap
Updated 04 Sep 2009
Interview with Alan Baldwin
How smart is your city? Helping cities measure progress
Updated 02 Sep 2009
Learn, assess and progress toward becoming a smarter city.
Podcast Interview: Resolving the Privacy Paradox
Updated 01 Sep 2009
Interview with John Reiners, IBM Institute for Business Value.
Podcast Interview: A Vision of Smarter Cities
Updated 21 Aug 2009
Interview with Susanne Dirks, Manager of the IBM Institute for Business Values Global Center for Economic Development in Ireland.
Podcast Interview: Intelligent Transport: How Cities Can Improve Mobility
Updated 29 Jul 2009
John Reiners, Institute of Business Value discusses intelligent transportation and how cities can improve mobility
Resolving the privacy paradox - strategies for identity management
Updated 21 Jul 2009
Technology can be used to both control and empower citizens, and governments should work toward a resolving this paradox by developing identity management solutions that provide security and engender trust, while maintaining personal privacy and civil liberty.
Bridging the collaboration gap: Results from global defense survey on collaboration during coalition operations
Updated 20 Jul 2009
Many coalition operations perform below expectations because of a collaboration gap – a mismatch between the demands of the mission and the combined capabilities of the coalition members. Defense forces can take practical steps to close this gap…
Economic development in a Rubik's Cube world: How to turn global trends into local prosperity
Updated 20 Jul 2009
To be successful in today's changing world, investment promotion agencies and economic development organizations should understand the impact and business response to the six megatrends that require companies to innovate and refine their fundamental business models.
Intelligent transport: How cities can improve mobility
Updated 14 Jul 2009
Cities around the world can look to global leading practices to help them improve mobility through intelligent transport systems.
E-readiness rankings 2009: The usage imperative
Updated 17 Jun 2009
A white paper from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in association with the IBM Institute for Business Value.
From possibility to actuality: Why social services and social security organizations are turning to SOA
Updated 21 Apr 2009
A Service Oriented Architecture can help public social services and social security organizations become more efficient, flexible and effective by optimizing their existing IT investments
The yin yang of financial disruption: Maxims for forging a path to financial stability and healthy financial innovation
Updated 17 Mar 2009
The path to a healthy, sustainable equilibrium within the global financial system will require institutions and governments to effectively manage the overarching yin yang - the delicate balance between financial stability and healthy financial innovation.
How nations thrive in the Information Age: Leveraging information and communications technologies for national economic development
Updated 19 Jan 2009
All nations in developing and advanced economies have become such extensive users of information and communications technologies (ICT) that their economic success now depends on governments' wise promotion and deployment of ICT at a national level.
Identity management in the 21st century: Balancing safety, security and liberty in a global environment
Updated 19 Jan 2009
Governments should move to implement cohesive and collaborative identity management systems to provide safe cross-border travel, inhibit crime and terrorism and provide for data safety and privacy for their citizens.
Navigating toward net-centricity: Insights from defense organizations leading the race for information superiority
Updated 19 Jan 2009
Lessons from defense organizations implementing network-centric operations programs provide insights on achieving information superiority.
Government 2020: An Irish perspective: Modernising the Irish public sector for the global economy
Updated 05 Dec 2008
Ireland again faces an opportunity to implement bold changes; by fully leveraging its size advantage for the development and implementation of innovative and rapid solutions for public sector reform, Ireland can substantially improve its chances of economic success and prosperity.
For the good of the global economy: Social protection for the migrant worker
Updated 23 Oct 2008
In today's increasingly connected global economy, nations must collaborate and find ways to protect the social security entitlements of increasing numbers of migrant workers.
Podcast Interview: E-readiness rankings 2008: Maintaining Momentum
Updated 05 Jun 2008
Interview with Ronan Lyons, a Managing Consultant in the IBM Global Center for Economic Development
E-readiness rankings 2008: Maintaining momentum
Updated 14 Apr 2008
A white paper from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in association with the IBM Institute for Business Value
Identifying what should be changed: How public officials and military leaders can choose wisely
Updated 05 Jul 2007
Component business modeling techniques can help government agencies and the military in mapping our changes to adapt to shifting needs in their missions and structures.
How rapidly advancing nations can prosper in the Information Age: Leveraging information and communications technologies for national economic development
Updated 02 Mar 2007
Learn how Rapid Adopter nations can become more competitive in the world economy.
How the most advanced nations can remain competitive in the Information Age: Leveraging information and communications technologies for national economic development
Updated 13 Feb 2007
Among the biggest E-readiness challenges facing Established Leaders (Tier 1 countries) are: replacing older ICT infrastructures; meeting public demand for Internet-based service delivery; promoting more innovative uses of technology; and mitigating the negative consequences of aging populations.
On the move: Advancing military logistics toward sense-and-respond
Updated 12 Dec 2006
On the move: Advancing military logistics toward sense-and-respond
How nations thrive in the Information Age
Updated 01 Dec 2006
Leveraging information and communications technologies for national economic development.
The 2006 e-readiness rankings: A white paper from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in association with the IBM Institute for Business Value
Updated 30 Nov 2006
The 2006 e-readiness rankings: A white paper from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in association with the IBM Institute for Business Value
Expanded borders, integrated controls: Achieving national prosperity and protection through integrated border management
Updated 01 Nov 2005
The threat of terrorism and the promise of globalization are reshaping the fundamental nature of borders and how they are managed. In leading nations, control operations are now executed beyond the physical border and before arrival at a nation's official points of entry.
The big lie about transparency: How to implement performance management in government successfully
Updated 01 Oct 2004
Everybody talks about the need for the performance of public services to be more transparent, but nobody really likes it… except the public.
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