Digital Economy

 

Economic research on new dynamics generated by the EU Digital Economy

Better understanding the economic impact of ICT-usage on growth, productivity performance and competitiveness of the EU is key to Europe´s future economic growth and the creation of jobs as acknowledged again by the renewed Lisbon Objectives (2005) and the European Commission's post-2010 strategy.

In this context, IPTS develops groundbreaking economic research to investigate the new dynamics generated by the broad utilisation of ICT as policy makers rightfully view a healthy, competitive and growing EU Digital Economy as a key component of European recovery and future prosperity.



Related projects

Main projects

  • Modelling the Digital Economy
  • ICTNET: European Network for the Research on the Economic Impact of ICT

Methods

  • The IFS Model:
  • Micro-Macro data bridging: methodological issues

Past Projects

About Economic analysis:

  • GROWTH analysis:
    "Accounting for the Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Total Factor Productivity: Towards an Endogenous Growth Approach" (2007). Authors: T. Dunnewijk, H. Meijers, A. van Zon. Editor: S. Barrios. JRC Scientific and Technical Report. EUR 22909EN.
    This study provides a review of the literature on the impact of ICT on Economic Growth and Productivity and provides elements of discussion for extending the neoclassical growth framework to incorporate elements of the endogenous growth theories in order to consider the impact of ICT diffusion on growth and productivity.
    The Potential of ICT for the Development and Economic Restructuring of the New EU Member States and Candidate Countries (2005). Author: Piatkowski, Marcin. JRC Scientific and Technical Report. EUR 21589 EN
    This study focuses on the changing competitive pressures and the potential ICT may have for economic growth in the Member States that joined the EU after April 2004. It recommends that policy measures should concentrate on encouraging more intensive use of ICT in certain industries and the public sector, and creating an economic and institutional environment in which the business sector would invest more in ICT.
    Information and Communication Technologies, Market Rigidities and Growth: Implications for EU Policies (2007). Authors: Salvador Barrios, Jean-Claude Burgelman. JRC Scientific and Technical Report. EUR23027 EN
    This study provides policy implications, most notably, regarding the role played by structural reforms in promoting both ICT adoption and setting the best framework conditions for ICT impact on GDP growth. While the renewed EU Lisbon strategy of economic reforms is badly needed to increase EU growth potential, we show here that this strategy is also needed to promote technological change in the EU economy.

  • Measuring the diffusion of embedded systems in EU (EMBS)
    Developing and testing a statistical methodology for providing reliable key figures on the supply and demand of Embedded Systems in EU. More...

About regional development:

  • IGICT: ICT, Growth and regional development
    The objective of this project is to analyse both theoretically and empirically the influence of ICT on knowledge spillovers, interactions and networking between firms, learning capacity, etc., in a regional context. More...
  • ICT-REG: Regional location of ICT industries in EU regions
    This project aims to map the location of ICT industries in EU regions and anlyse the attractiveness of these regions to multinationals choosing locations. It also aims to analyse the impact of ICT investment on regional convergence. More...
  • ANDALUCIA
    The objective of this project is to measure ICT penetration in Andalusian firms and to assess the contribution of these technologies to economic and productivity growth in Andalusia. More...

About Asian countries:

  • ASIAN Knowledge Societies
    The study aims at better understanding the potential role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in generating both economic and social development in geographic areas which are competing globally by focusing on the case of Asian economies. More...
  • ICT2: India, China, Taiwan
    These 3 national case studies track the size and role of the ICT industry in those three non-OECD countries.

 

About ICT take-up:

  • Broadband in Europe (BREAD)
    The BREAD co-ordination action aims at developing a multi-disciplinary approach for the realisation of the 'broadband for all' concept within Europe. More...
  • New Entrants: Information Society take-up in Eastern Countries. More...
  • The Observatory on Information Society take-up (OISTU)
    The Observatory on Information Society Take-up (OISTU) will analyse and aggregate available data relevant to the Information Society take up in the New Member States and Candidate Countries. More...
  • The Krynica Economic Forum:  2004 2005  2006