Broadband Connectivity, Government Policies, and Open Innovation: The Crucial IT Infrastructure Contribution in Scotland

Broadband connectivity is now essential to ensure a competitive advantage for any business. The analysis of Scotland’s crucial IT infrastructure contribution supported the authors’ thesis that Government plays decisive role in Open Innovation ecosystems. Indeed, infrastructures are clear case market failure where remote areas will never be served by adequate without public support. main demonstration benefits intervention sometimes required and beneficial correct distortions generate positive spillovers terms collaboration Another relevant comprehensive consistency evolution policies Infrastructure Scotland. Therefore, pivotal study this can easily generalised many other contexts addressed failures and, at same time, contributed generating collaborative environments.