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1 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 1

2 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 2 Information Society: from Statistical Measurement to Policy Assessment Tony Clayton UK Office for National Statistics

3 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 3 The challenge of permanent change Definitions of ICT products and services are still changing as applications progress Attention has broadened from e-commerce (simple) to e- business (complex) Real business models are changing, both within and between countries New social patterns and work structures are evolving - driving and enabled by technology Can National Statistics Offices measure this changing world fast enough? Information Society

4 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 4 Shared economic questions Information Society How does the growing importance of intellectual assets (technical, organisational,human, knowledge) change value creation; how can public policy make these assets work most effectively? How do structural changes (more services and intangibles) affect economic and social behaviour and policy priorities? How do global networks and value chains, within and between firms, affect behaviour, and governments ability to achieve policy objectives?

5 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 5 Macro-economic challenges Information Society ICT impacts the measurement of outputs and inputs - hedonics - chain linking How to deal with new outputs and assets? - extending the list: information, knowledge, capabilities Changing relationships between inputs and outputs - complementary assets and productivity - cross-border (or inter-regional) intangibles

6 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 6 Information Society Lessons from coping with change Definitions - critical to be precise and avoid ambiguity - comparison, cross sectional and over time, essential Learning - not enough to learn from your own experience Benchmarking outcomes and policy - where are examples of success? - which lessons from good practice are transferable? Where is value really added? - pay off from looking at firm level data

7 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 7 Achieved so far …... Information Society National accounts measures; - software, databases - chain linking and hedonics Satellite accounts for information economy OECD frameworks to measure enterprise and household ICT access and use EU structural indicators, and eEurope 2005 metrics Range of SINE initiatives, which spurred NSOs Academic and business initiatives on impacts Moving towards international WSIS core indicators

8 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 8 UK focus to support policy Information Society Benchmarking not only outcomes for the information society and economy, but also policies to promote innovation and good practice Evaluating impacts of ICT adoption in the economy, to improve understanding of policy levers, and the way they can affect behaviour and performance …… a shared agenda across government

9 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 9 Information Society Benchmarking Framework

10 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 10 Approach to comparison and learning Information Society Environment Ranking Readiness Ranking Uptake and Use Ranking Impact Ranking iR i Market Political/ Regulatory Political/ Regulatory Infrastructure Citizen Readiness Business Readiness Business Readiness Government Readiness Government Readiness Citizen Uptake & Use Business Uptake & Use Government Uptake & Use Citizen Impact Business Impact Business Impact Government Impact Government Impact Position of world- leading countries

11 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 11 Benchmarking lessons Information Society Relevant and comparable data still hard to come by in 2002 Need to quality mark comparisons Major gap area for comparable data in government use Gap in comparable analysis for quantifying economic impact

12 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 12 Assessing Impact Information Society Initial work mainly macro - but suffered from lack of comparability in national measurement Advantage of firm level analysis is that it deals with units that are surveyed on similar basis Helps to explain how competitive processes actually work OECD project to share and repeat comparable analysis across countries - valuable pooled experience

13 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 13 Firm level data: 1) market dynamics Information Society

14 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 14 Firm level data: 2) productivity effects differ Successful e-business applications in manufacturing usually tackle upstream supply chain issues... …but e-business application success in service firms more often includes electronic links to customers Information Society

15 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 15 Development challenges Information Society Speed of change - can Statistics Offices meet demands? Build and agree the contribution of information and knowledge in National Accounts Exploit micro-data to understand the role of knowledge at enterprise level Better metrics for innovation, recognising the role of multinational enterprises in invention and diffusion Comparability in human capital / skills measures Assessing impact of digital access and literacy for households and labour markets.

16 OECD World Forum Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004 16 Information Society tony.clayton@ons.gsi.gov.uk


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