Digital Innovation Hubs and portfolio of their services across European economies

IF 7.6 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Oeconomia Copernicana Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI:10.24136/oc.2757

Natallia Gavkalova, B. Gładysz, Walter Quadrini, Claudio Sassanelli, Fredrik Asplund, Muhammad Rusyadi Ramli, Peter Detzner, Jane Deville, M. Dragić, T. van Erp, Amalia Georgescu, Liz Price, Gaļina Robertsone, Sergio Terzi

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Research background: Digital ecosystems in Europe are heterogenous organizations involving different economies, industries, and contexts. Among them, Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) are considered a policy-driven organization fostered by the European Commission to push companies’ digital transition through a wide portfolio of supporting services. Purpose of the article: There are DIHs existing in all European economies, but literature needs more precise indications about their status and nature. The purpose is to study a distribution of DIHs and differences in portfolios of DIHs’ services across European economies. Therefore, the paper wants to deliver more precise data on effects on national and European policies. This is required to define their final role and scope in the complex dynamics of the digital transition, depending on regional context and heterogeneity of industries. Methods: Data on 38 economies was collected from the S3 platform (on both existing and in preparation DIHs) and further verified by native speaking researchers using manual web scrapping of websites of DIHs identified from S3. To find potential similarities of digital ecosystems in different economies as emanated by the existence of DIHs, clusterization (Ward’s method and Euclidean distances) was applied according to the services offered. Economies were clustered according to the number of DIHs and the spread of DIHs intensity in different cities. The results were further analyzed according to the scope of the provided services. Findings & value added: The applied clustering classified European economies in four different sets, according to the types of services offered by the DIHs. These sets are expression of the different digitalization statuses and strategies of the selected economies and, as such, the services a company can benefit from in a specific economy. Potential development-related reasons behind the data-driven clustering are then conjectured and reported, to guide companies and policy makers in their digitalization strategies.

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欧洲各经济体的数字创新中心及其服务组合

研究背景：欧洲的数字生态系统是涉及不同经济、行业和环境的异质组织。其中，数字创新中心（Digital Innovation Hubs，DIHs）被认为是一种政策驱动型组织，由欧盟委员会扶持，通过广泛的支持服务组合推动企业的数字化转型：所有欧洲经济体都存在创新中心，但文献需要更准确地说明其地位和性质。本文旨在研究 DIH 的分布情况以及 DIH 服务组合在欧洲各经济体中的差异。因此，本文希望提供有关对国家和欧洲政策影响的更精确数据。这对于确定它们在数字转型的复杂动态中的最终作用和范围是必要的，这取决于地区背景和行业的异质性：方法：从 S3 平台收集了 38 个经济体的数据（包括现有的和筹备中的 DIH），并由母语为英语的研究人员通过手动网络搜刮从 S3 中识别出的 DIH 网站进行进一步验证。为了发现不同经济体的数字生态系统因存在 DIH 而产生的潜在相似性，我们根据所提供的服务进行了聚类（沃德方法和欧氏距离）。根据 DIH 的数量和 DIH 在不同城市的分布强度，对各经济体进行聚类。结果与附加值：根据 DIH 提供的服务类型，应用聚类将欧洲经济体划分为四个不同的组别。这些组别体现了所选经济体不同的数字化状况和战略，因此也体现了公司在特定经济体中可以受益的服务。然后，对数据驱动的聚类背后与发展相关的潜在原因进行猜测和报告，为企业和政策制定者的数字化战略提供指导。

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Oeconomia Copernicana ECONOMICS-

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13.70

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5.90%

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24 weeks

期刊介绍： The Oeconomia Copernicana is an academic quarterly journal aimed at academicians, economic policymakers, and students studying finance, accounting, management, and economics. It publishes academic articles on contemporary issues in economics, finance, banking, accounting, and management from various research perspectives. The journal's mission is to publish advanced theoretical and empirical research that contributes to the development of these disciplines and has practical relevance. The journal encourages the use of various research methods, including falsification of conventional understanding, theory building through inductive or qualitative research, first empirical testing of theories, meta-analysis with theoretical implications, constructive replication, and a combination of qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, and meta-analytic approaches. While the journal prioritizes comprehensive manuscripts that include methodological-based theoretical and empirical research with implications for policymaking, it also welcomes submissions focused solely on theory or methodology.