Scotland's Digital Future: supporting the transition to a world-leading digital economy

Footnotes

1 'Technology Insights 2012', e-skills UK, http://www.e-skills.com/research/research-publications/insights-reports-and-videos/technology-insights-2012/

2 'It Ain't What You Do, It's the Way that You Do I.T.:Testing Explanations of Productivity Growth using US Affiliates', Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van

3 Office for National Statistics, ' IT Investment, ICT Use and UK Firm Productivity' Rafaella Sadun, Shikeb Farooki, Giles Gale, Mark Lever, August 2005

4 Booz & Co 'This is for Everyone' The Case for Universal Digitisation

5 'Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe', European Commissions 2012

6 'Britain's Digital Opportunity: A Study of Digital Maturity Within Britain's Businesses and Charities' Lloyds Banking Group, 2012
http://businesshelp.lloydstsbbusiness.com/assets/pdf/Britains-Digital-Opportunity.pdf

7 http://www.booz.com/media/uploads/BoozCo_Maximizing-the-Impact-of-Digitization.pdf

8 http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Global_IT_Report_2012.pdf

9 http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/bus/pdf/eiu_digital-economy-rankings-2010_final_web.pdf

10 https://www.bcgperspectives.com/content/articles/digital_economy_public_sector_adapt_adopt_government_role_internet_policy/

11 These figures should be viewed with a degree of caution, given the fact that this must be set against schools' decision to increasingly favour Intermediate qualifications (for example, there was a 18% increase over the same period in take up of intermediate 2 qualifications).

12 Technology Insights 2012 is the source for the data relating to the Scottish ICT and Telecoms sectors,
http://www.e-skills.com/Documents/Research/Insights-2012/TechnologyInsights_2012_Scotland.pdf

13 Media Literacy: understanding digital capabilities: July 2012 Ipsos MediaCT for BBC Marketing and Audiences

14 Scotland's Digital Future: Delivery of Public Services, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/scotlands-digital-future-delivery-public-services/

15 Local Government ICT Strategy - Delivering Better Services for Communities,
http://www.improvementservice.org.uk/library/download-document/3728-local-government-ict-strategy-delivering-better-services-for-communities-draft-for-consultation/

16 The Connected Kingdom, http://www.connectedkingdom.co.uk/downloads/bcg-the-connected-kingdom-oct-10.pdf