Table 3 Actions emerged from expert...

Table 3

Actions emerged from expert interviews

Building blocks	Actions and sub-actions	Ecosystem actors in charge of the proposed sub-actions			Aggregate results
Building blocks	Actions and sub-actions	Companies	Educational organizations	Regional institutions	Total
Resources	Fund	3	0	14	17
	Provide incentives and tax relieves to support digitalization investments and company's training	0	0	10	10
	Provide incentives to contrast the brain-drain and attract skilled workers	3	0	4	7
	Develop proper infrastructures	0	0	8	8
	Invest in ICT infrastructures and extend them to rural and peripherical areas	0	0	8	8
Public policies	Regulate	0	0	15	15
	Smooth administrative processes and tools to make digitalization technologies more accessible and collaborations easier	0	0	4	4
	Smooth administrative processes to access governmental and European incentives more easily	0	0	6	6
	Update existing legislation	0	0	5	5
Knowledge	Train	13	10	0	23
	Build awareness of new technologies and relative risks	1	3	0	4
	Provide appropriate training for qualified personnel	12	7	0	19
	Develop a proper educational system	0	29	2	31
	Develop higher education programs for new jobs	0	11	0	11
	Innovate the current training system by promoting work experience and students' mobility	0	10	0	10
	Train qualified teaching staff	0	5	1	6
	Invest in innovative learning tools/platforms	0	3	1	4
R&D activities	Innovate	17	0	0	17
	Invest in new technologies and their integration	8	0	0	8
	Adapt and re-define strategy, business vision and organizational structure	9	0	0	9
Culture	Promote an innovation culture	10	0	12	22
	Develop organizational leadership and appropriate digitalization culture	10	0	2	12
	Promote a digitalization culture in both society and politics	0	0	10	10
Interactions	Cooperate	4	20	33	57
	Promote networking activities inside the region	4	20	13	37
	Promote information exchange inside the region	0	0	3	3
	Promote the creation of transregional and European partnerships	0	0	17	17
Total		47	59	84	190

Building blocks	Actions and sub-actions	Ecosystem actors in charge of the proposed sub-actions			Aggregate results
Building blocks	Actions and sub-actions	Companies	Educational organizations	Regional institutions	Total
Resources	Fund	3	0	14	17
	Provide incentives and tax relieves to support digitalization investments and company's training	0	0	10	10
	Provide incentives to contrast the brain-drain and attract skilled workers	3	0	4	7
	Develop proper infrastructures	0	0	8	8
	Invest in ICT infrastructures and extend them to rural and peripherical areas	0	0	8	8
Public policies	Regulate	0	0	15	15
	Smooth administrative processes and tools to make digitalization technologies more accessible and collaborations easier	0	0	4	4
	Smooth administrative processes to access governmental and European incentives more easily	0	0	6	6
	Update existing legislation	0	0	5	5
Knowledge	Train	13	10	0	23
	Build awareness of new technologies and relative risks	1	3	0	4
	Provide appropriate training for qualified personnel	12	7	0	19
	Develop a proper educational system	0	29	2	31
	Develop higher education programs for new jobs	0	11	0	11
	Innovate the current training system by promoting work experience and students' mobility	0	10	0	10
	Train qualified teaching staff	0	5	1	6
	Invest in innovative learning tools/platforms	0	3	1	4
R&D activities	Innovate	17	0	0	17
	Invest in new technologies and their integration	8	0	0	8
	Adapt and re-define strategy, business vision and organizational structure	9	0	0	9
Culture	Promote an innovation culture	10	0	12	22
	Develop organizational leadership and appropriate digitalization culture	10	0	2	12
	Promote a digitalization culture in both society and politics	0	0	10	10
Interactions	Cooperate	4	20	33	57
	Promote networking activities inside the region	4	20	13	37
	Promote information exchange inside the region	0	0	3	3
	Promote the creation of transregional and European partnerships	0	0	17	17
Total		47	59	84	190

Note(s): The numbers in the table indicate how many times each actor has been considered in charge of the proposed sub-actions; the last column provides an aggregate count

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