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DIGITRANS - Newsletter

19-06-2019
 
 
DIGITRANS PROJECT RECOGNIZED IN TAIWAN (EXPERIENCE OF PROFESSOR TUNG-CHENG LIN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES)
 

During the last few months, professor Tung-Cheng Lin from the Department of Information Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, has spent his time doing research at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI), University of Zagreb and at the Technology Innovation Centre Medjimurje Ltd. gathering knowledge, information and experience about SMEs digital transformation, which is his main interest of research. His first contact with Digitrans methodology was through Digitrans website where he got information about project partners from Danube area, including Prof. Vjeran Strahonja, coordinator of Digitrans project at FOI.

Professor Tung-Cheng Lin found Digitrans project very interesting and useful. His opinion is that Digitrans methodology combines many useful tools, such as the business model, strategic landscape map, stakeholder map, etc. The methodology can help SMEs to make their digital transformation plan.

During his stay at FOI, Professor Tung-Cheng Lin co-wrote an academic article about micro and macro environment of Digitrans project, with Prof. Vjeran Strahonja and Ivan Plačko, manager of Technology Innovation Centre Medjimurje Ltd.

Professor Tung-Cheng Lin thinks that FOI has great mobility culture; which gave him   the opportunity to consult and cooperate with Dean Neven Vrcek, Vice Dean Nina Begicevic Redjep, Prof. Violeta Vidacek-Hains, Kristina Detelj, Diana Simic, Nikola Kadoić, and Martina Tomicic Furjan from teaching staff, as well as head of International Relation Office Izabela Oletić Tušek and Martina Đuras.

Taiwan has a high percentage of SMEs, which is similar to Croatia. Returning to his Department of Information Management, he will continue to conduct related research with FOI to help SMEs’ in Taiwan with going through digital transformation.

Professor Tung-Cheng Lin really liked Croatia and thinks that Croatian people are friendly and helpful, which in his opinion makes the country even more beautiful.

 

 
DIGITRANS REGIONAL POLICY WORKSHOP IN MARIBOR
 

On May 22, 2019, the DIGITRANS Regional Policy Workshop was held in Maribor as part of the PODIM Conference 2019, the most influential startup and tech event in the Alps-Adriatic and Western Balkans region. Participants from startups and other SMEs, business and innovation support organizations, policymakers and digital transformation experts where invited to discuss the importance of digital transformation for SMEs in Slovenia and beyond. As part of the workshop, the DIGITRANS method was presented and the participants discussed how SMEs and other relevant stakeholders can benefit from it after the DIGITRANS project closure in mid-2019.

Urban Lapajne, the director of projects at IRP, presented the DIGITRANS project and the comprehensive method that was developed during the project to facilitate SMEs to develop and implement new digital business models that allow them and their businesses to benefit from the advantages provided by the digital technologies. Mr. Lapajne continued by presenting how Slovenia ranks in the global indexes of digitalization and digital skills as well as the key policy measures that address the digitalization of SMEs, including the digital innovation hub as the one-stop-shop in the field of digitalization, incentives for SMEs to implement e-business for the purpose of internationalization, SME incentives for digital transformation and vouchers for SMEs for various activities related to digitalization, such as strengthening the digital skills, development of digital strategies, cyber security and digital marketing.

The workshop continued as a round table chaired by the business and innovation expert Matt Kuppers of Startup Manufactory from London, Untied Kingdom. Among other topics related to the digital transformation, the participants of the round table presented their opinions and views on the importance of the digital transformation and shared some of the best practice cases from their regions. These opinions, views and best practice cases will certainly proof valuable during the development of the DIGITRANS regional policy recommendations and the Guidelines on DIGITRANS method implementation, which will guarantee the sustainability and transferability of the DIGITRANS project results after the project end at the end of June 2019, in particular by making sure that the DIGITRANS method and its toolkit remain to be valuable means for developing and implementing digital business models for SMEs.
 
  
 
 
 

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