The regional green potential of the European innovation system

Angelica Sbardella, Nicolò Barbieri (), Davide Consoli, Lorenzo Napolitano (), François Perruchas and Emanuele Pugliese ()
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Lorenzo Napolitano: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Emanuele Pugliese: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en

No JRC124696, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: The brief provides an overview of green technological development across European regions employing the Economic Fitness Complexity approach to establish a green technology space. The study explores the associations between comparative advantage in specific technological domains and a region’s capacity to develop green technologies, i.e. its Green Fitness. Furthermore, it addresses the interaction between the green and non-green knowledge bases, with a particular focus on whether regional know-how in the non-green technological realm can be exploited in the green domain and vice versa. To this aim, a metric of regional Green Potential is proposed. The analysis suggests that regions specialised in green domains, irrespective of their complexity, have a higher propensity to develop technologies connected with green technologies. Green technologies are linked mostly to technologies related to the production or transformation of materials; with engines and pumps; and with construction methods. The regions with the highest Green Potential are not necessarily those with the highest Green Fitness. The results suggest that there is a potential for green and non-green technological advances to generate positive spillovers in terms of capabilities to produce innovations across the spectrum of technological complexity.

Keywords: Green Deal; Economic Complexity; Green Capabilities; Regional Green Potential (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-05
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