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Emerging specializations, competences and firms' proximity in digital industries: The case of London

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  • Francesco Losurdo
  • Alessandro Marra
  • Ernesto Cassetta
  • Umberto Monarca
  • Ivano Dileo
  • Vittorio Carlei

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In order to overcome the limitations of defining industrial specializations in digital industries through SIC codes, this paper suggests measuring the specializations and competences of these industries on the basis of the degree of digital technologies present in the products and services supplied. Metadata from CrunchBase are employed, as proxies of firms' specializations and competences which are defined as the fields of activity in which firms are involved. Applying a network analysis, these specializations and competences are linked to the recognition of emerging digital technologies and the strongest combinations of products and services. We tested the proposed methodology on London, a leading centre for the digital economy. Con el fin de superar las limitaciones de definir las especializaciones industriales en las industrias digitales mediante los códigos SIC, este artículo propone medir las especializaciones y competencias de estas industrias en función del grado de tecnologías digitales presentes en los productos y servicios suministrados. Se utilizan metadatos de CrunchBase como indicadores sustitutivos de las especializaciones y competencias de las empresas, que se definen como las áreas de actividad en las que las empresas están involucradas. Tras aplicar un análisis de red, estas especializaciones y competencias están vinculadas al reconocimiento de las tecnologías digitales emergentes y a las combinaciones más fuertes de productos y servicios. Se probó la metodología propuesta en Londres, uno de los centros a la cabeza de la economía digital. 本稿では、デジタル産業における産業特化をSICコードにより定義することの限界を克服するため、提供される製品及びサービスに現れるデジタル技術の程度に基づいてこの産業におけるスペシャリゼーションおよびコンピテンシーを評価することを提案する。その企業の活動分野として定義される企業のスペシャリゼーションとコンピテンシーのプロキシとして、CrunchBaseのメタデータを利用する。ネットワーク分析を使用すると、これらのスペシャリゼーションとコンピテンシーは、新しいデジタル技術の認識と、製品とサービスの最も強力な組み合わせに関連している。この方法をデジタル経済の先端的な中心地であるロンドンに当てはめてテストする。

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  • Francesco Losurdo & Alessandro Marra & Ernesto Cassetta & Umberto Monarca & Ivano Dileo & Vittorio Carlei, 2019. "Emerging specializations, competences and firms' proximity in digital industries: The case of London," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(2), pages 737-753, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:98:y:2019:i:2:p:737-753
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12376
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