The primary objective of NEMODE Network+ is the development of a network
of academics and practitioners for the purpose of co-creating knowledge of
New Economic Models (NEM) emerging from the Digital Economy (DE).
This network will be a virtual centre of excellence for the field and inform the
development of policy and through increasing media interactions increase
public awareness and help stimulate new business opportunities.
Our vision is that at the end of 3 years we will have established an
internationally-leading community which produces evidence-based knowledge
to address the 'big questions' such as:
 what are the new economic models and in what contexts are different
models appropriate?
 what are the barriers to the development of these models and how can
they be overcome?
 how can businesses take advantage of new opportunities emerging from
the Digital Economy (DE)?
Who is involved?
NEMODE Research Team
Professor Roger Maull
University of Exeter Business
School (Principal Investigator)
Why NEMODE matters
The work that NEMODE does is timely and topical. The ‘Big 4’ tech giants –
Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon – are competing to become the single
biggest provider of digital services. In business services there is intense
competition between IBM, SAP and Oracle to provide ‘knowledge solutions’
and in the Public Sector there are the challenges of assisted living,
privatisation of education and healthcare and the Big Society agenda.
Professor Mike Chantler
Heriot-Watt University
(Co-investigator)
NEMODE's Activities
NEMODE's activities are expected to widely benefit all the communities
involved, and to help them to take forward and exploit the outcomes of the
research and training investments already made through the DE theme. The
NEMODE Network+ will engage with its relevant communities through
various activities that include:
 Pro-active networking activities (workshops, meetings and interactive fora)
that reach out to all areas within the RCUK DE portfolio and allied areas. The
Network+ will make and maintain links with industry and users, including the
third sector, and use this opportunity to establish global leadership in
research in New Economic Models.
 Horizon scanning - identifying and prioritising the research and societal
challenges in New Economic Models and develop future “Grand” challenges
in the DE area, and generating various reports and other outputs; e.g.
working with government departments to help inform and influence policy.
 Placements/secondments for students and research fellows in commercial
and government organisations. A big feature of each Network+, this will
encourage ideas generation and knowledge exchange between users and
the knowledge base.
 Support for ‘scoping study funds’ for prioritised activities to help create
higher quality research grant proposals.
Professor Andy Neely,
University of Cambridge
(Co-investigator)
Professor Irene Ng
University of Warwick
(Co-investigator)
Want to find out more?
Join us in creating a community which will engage in close interaction between
leading international scholars and businesses, regularly producing high profile
media outputs and leading international research.
Visit our website at: http://www.nemode.net
or contact David Reynolds, NEMODE Network Web Administrator at
d.j.reynolds@warwick.ac.uk
NEMODE is an initiative under the Research Councils UK (RCUK)’s Digital Economy
research programme to bring together communities to explore new economic models
in the Digital Economy.
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