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PRISM REPORT 2003

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  Report Series No. 2, October 2003
  EUROPEAN COMMISSION
  INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGIES
  PROGRAMME
  THE PRISM REPORT 2003
  Research findings and policy recommendations
  Clark Eustace
  Editor
  Based on the final reports of the PRISM research consortium
  October 2003
  THE PRISM REPORT 2003
  Report Series No. 2, October 2003
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  Preface
  The PRISM initiative started in January 2000 with the establishment of a High-Level Expert Group
  (HLEG) on the intangible economy. The European Commission Directorate-General for Enterprise
  initiated this work with the express intention of going beyond the borders of conventional academic
  research and conducting a market-centric programme of interdisciplinary enquiry in order to identify
  the key issues for the business community and frame them. Its first report, published in October 2000,
  presented new evidence on the influence of business intangibles on corporate performance and
  productivity, together with an assessment of the implications for companies, financial markets, public
  institutions and regulators.
  Following on from this, a broad programme of socio-economic research was launched to expand the
  initiative and bring together leading experts from the business, academic and policy communities
  who are working in this field. The focus was guided by an advisory council, whose views were
  ascertained via a series of interdisciplinary, business-led forums and thematic workshops.
  This report represents the culmination of a two-year programme of research, case study and
  dissemination directed at gaining a deeper understanding of the socio-economic issues resulting
  from the influence of intangibles in the modern economy. Its findings and conclusions are
  structured in line with four key themes:
  The emerging new theory of the firm
  Measurement implications
  Issues for the business community
  Policy issues.
  Appendix I lists the collected PRISM research papers...