EU regions and the upgrading for the digital age

Antonio Vezzani, Emanuele Pugliese () and Petros Gkotsis
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Emanuele Pugliese: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en

No JRC112912, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: In this work we use patent data from the European patent office (EPO) to assess the capabilities of EU regions in developing digital technologies especially focusing on those that are more closely related to the digital transformation. More specifically, we measure ICT patents by considering those containing digital codes, as defined by the OECD. The penetration of digital technologies in the development of innovative products is instead captured by the co-occurrence of digital and non-digital codes within patent documents; we call these patents ICT-combining patents.

Keywords: Industrial transformation; Industry; Digital technologies; ICT; Regional specialisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O14 O30 R10 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2018-10
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