EU regions and the upgrading for the digital age
Socio-economic regional microscope series
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.
VEZZANI Antonio;
PUGLIESE Emanuele;
GKOTSIS Petros;
SPIRITO Laura;
LA PLACA Giovanni;
MONDELLO Silvia;
2018-10-04
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC112912
978-92-79-93001-0 (online),
978-92-79-93000-3 (print),
OP KJ-BF-18-006-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-BF-18-006-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC112912,
10.2760/499744 (online),
10.2760/066052 (print),
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