Industry- and commerce-linked research in information systems

The Information Systems Group and its members undertake research projects with industrial and commercial firms and organisations, which frequently attract the interest of national and international media.

Carsten Sørensen has produced a report entitle The Future Role of Trust in Work - the key success factor for mobile productivity (PDF) for Microsoft UK as part of their ongoing project, Tomorrow's Work. The report explores the role of mobile technologies for the effective support of remote and mobile working. Tomorrow's Work is a project designed to debate key trends affecting British business and the role of technology in the future.

See Trust your employees, says Microsoft in The Register or Can we take the high road? in The Observer.

Carsten Sørensen was interviewed about the research on

• BBC 2 TV: Working Lunch;
• Five Live: Wake Up To Money;
• BBC World Service: Europe Today; and
• the BBC World Service on 30 November 2004.

The Information Systems Group undertook A Review of Collaboration with Business and Community (PDF).

The department has undertaken a series of research projects for Novell on aspects of web and e-commerce use.

• LSE Worldwide survey for NOVELL reveals that Europe is at the forefront of the e-commerce revolution
• The 2000 Worldwide Web 100 Survey: Ranking Global Excellence on the Net

Members of the department co-edited a report for the British Chamber of Commerce on The Economic Impact of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill (PDF)`.

Peter Sommer, a research fellow in the department, is specialist advisor to the House of Commons Select Committee on Trade and Industry to support their inquiry into e-commerce. So far this has produced four published reports:

• Seventh report of 1998/99 session (HC 187): Building Confidence in Electronic Commerce: the Government's proposals: Trade and Industry - Seventh Report
• Tenth report of 1998/99 session (HC 648), Electronic Commerce: Trade and Industry - Tenth Report
• Eighth report of the 2000/01 session (HC66), e-Government and UK online: Trade and Industry - Eighth Report
• 14th report of 1998/99 session (HC 862), Draft Electronic Communications Bill: Trade and Industry - Fourteenth Report

Frank Land, Steve Smithson and Catherine Chu were members of a working party set up by the British Computer Society (BCS) socio-technical specialist group, which produced a report on E-business Prospects: findings from an expert panel for the Economic and Social Research Council and UK Online for Business.

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