Regional Policies and Deployment Strategies supporting Digital Business Ecosystem Adoption

Abstract

The two hours workshop will address the strategy and local policy initiatives supporting the activation and deployment of the Digital Business Ecosystem Technologies and methodologies supporting the dynamic clustering of SMEs. The session will analyze how to understand DBE regional requirements and how to launch 'markers of credibility' of the DBE towards SMEs through several actions (from education programs to code camps to SMEs networking activities). Regional Maturity Grade and Social Network Analysis will be presented as new methodologies to evaluate and model regional actions in support of DBE. The workshop will touch on Governance issues and models for digital SMEs clusters. The workshop will present Regional Policy strategies for SMEs innovation supported by DBE technologies and methodology, presenting a successful case study on the Aragon Region in Spain.