Assessing policy making for ICT innovation: A decision support research agenda

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Abstract

Our study explores European telecare policy and considers the different types of uncertainties for policy makers when addressing ICT innovation. We specifically examine 14 European countries in our study using document analysis, expert interviews and workshops. The findings reveal nuances in how policy makers are reacting to the uncertainty of telecare technologies as a representative of ICT innovation. Our contribution lies in exploring decision support as per Alter's contention that to improve the quality of decision making we most focus on broadly defined avenues for decision support rather than exclusively Decicion Support Systems [1]. Following Earl and Hopwood (1980), we analyse the case of European telecare policy and outline implications to strengthen policy making for ICT innovation [2]. Our study is pertinent to policy makers as we argue that they will increasingly be challenged to consider 'responsible innovation' in their policy making efforts.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationElectronic Government - 13th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, EGOV 2014, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages171-180
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783662444252
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event13th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Government, EGOV 2014 - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 1 Sep 20143 Sep 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume8653 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference13th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Government, EGOV 2014
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period1/09/143/09/14

Keywords

  • Decision Support
  • ICT Innovation
  • Policy Making
  • Responsible Innovation
  • Telecare Technologies

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