for the introduction of the Digital Ecosystem concept at the regional level

This paper provides a summary of past outputs and current activities of social science research on Digital Ecosystems within the context of EU-funded research. We discuss briefly some of the theoretical assumptions and objectives, summarise the main outputs and current activities of the DBE and OPAALS projects, and present a discussion of our current understandings and activities with respect to the definition and implementation of policies for sustainable socio-economic developmen