A systemic perspective on socioeconomic transformation in the digital age

Rita Strohmaier (), Marlies Schuetz and Simone Vannuccini
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Rita Strohmaier: University of Graz
Marlies Schuetz: University of Graz

Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 2019, vol. 46, issue 3, No 5, 378 pages

Abstract: Abstract Digitalization has set the stage for a stream of radical innovations that have the potential to trigger a new technological revolution and cause deep structural changes throughout the economy, affecting not only the technology base, but also the facilitating structure (including production, infrastructure and markets), public policy, and the environment. Focusing on these building blocks, we combine network analysis and composite indicators into a novel framework to investigate a country’s socioeconomic system both across its components and over time. Its empirical application to a set of Western and Asian countries over 10 years gives insights into their socioeconomic performance and development, as well as their capability to absorb technological change. A structural decomposition analysis further allows investigating the evolution of countries’ structural transformation over time and shows the impact of digitalization and Industry 4.0 in this regard.

Keywords: Technological change; Socioeconomic transformation; Economic development; Digitalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 O30 O57 P51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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