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Exploring the role of digital technological relatedness for regional diversification into complex green technologies

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: We shift attention to the development of green technologies in European regions, aiming to unveil the role played by digital knowledge in facilitating green diversification. Conceptually drawing on the literature on evolutionary economic geography, we construct indicators capturing different types of digital technological relatedness at the level of European regions drawn from regionalised patent data. By estimating a spatially lagged logit model (SLX), we find that related pre-existing digital technologies matter more for green than for non-green diversification. Further, while the existence of related digital technologies encourages regional development into complex green domains, our results suggest that regions do not rely on digital knowledge when diversifying into non-complex green technologies.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13959796

Authors: Bürscher, Theresa, Scherngell, Thomas, Neuländtner, Martina

Institution: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH

Language: English

Topic: Economic and Technological Innovation

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6911793707

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