Has ERDF support to SMEs in the area of e-commerce been effective? : (pursuant to Article 287(4), second subparagraph, TFEU /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2014. © 2014
Description:	36 pages : colored illustrations ; 30 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Special report, 1831-0834 ; 2014, no. 20. Special report (European Court of Auditors) ; no. 2014/20.
Subject:	European Regional Development Fund. European Regional Development Fund. Electronic commerce -- European Union countries. Electronic commerce -- European Union countries -- Evaluation. Business enterprises -- Technological innovations -- European Union countries. Electronic commerce. Business enterprises -- Technological innovations. Europe -- European Union countries.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10190754

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Varying Form of Title:	Has European Regional Development Fund support to small and medium-sized enterprises in the area of e-commerce been effective?
Other authors / contributors:	European Court of Auditors, issuing body.
ISBN:	9789287213457 (paperback) 9287213453 (paperback)
Notes:	"QJ-AB-14-021-EN-C" -- -- Page 4 of cover. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.
Summary:	"In recent years, the EU has co-financed e-commerce projects in the context of its cohesion policy with the support of the European Regional Development Fund. In this report, the European Court of Auditors assesses whether e-commerce projects were successful in supporting ICT uptake by SMEs by auditing a sample of EU co-financed e-commerce projects in Greece, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom.The Court concludes that the ERDF support to e-commerce projects contributed to increasing the availability of business services online. However, it also concludes that shortcomings in the monitoring made it impossible to assess to what extent it contributed to the achievement of the EU and Member States' ICT strategies as well as SMEs' development objectives."-- Page 4 of cover.

Table of Contents:

Executive summary
Introduction. Why is e commerce important?; EU information society strategies; European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) support to e commerce investments; ERDF management system
Audit scope and objectives
Observations. Member States' Operational Programmes (OPs) served as a good basis for providing support to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the field of e commerce but not for performance measurement; Managing authorities focused more on outputs than on results at both selection and monitoring stages; Overall SMEs implemented the projects smoothly but the results achieved were not always demonstrated
Conclusions and recommendations
Reply of the Commission

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