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Innovation, skills and investment: a digital industrial policy for Europe

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This paper identifies the main factors for Europe’s delays in embracing the growth enhancing effects of digital technologies. With mostly intangible goods or services, digital technologies are different from the tangible world of the traditional manufacturing industry, and hence related policy may have to be different as well. The scope for market failures is explored, including externalities from knowledge spillovers, cybersecurity and first mover advantages and the possibly role for policies and public support is discussed.

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  • Harald Gruber, 2017. "Innovation, skills and investment: a digital industrial policy for Europe," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 44(3), pages 327-343, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:epolin:v:44:y:2017:i:3:d:10.1007_s40812-017-0073-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s40812-017-0073-x
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    Keywords

    Industrial policy; ICT; R&D; Innovation; Investment; Education;
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    JEL classification:

    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy

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