‘Tecnologie abilitanti fondamentali’ e ‘strategie di specializzazione intelligente’. Un’analisi regionale sulla base di brevetti Europei

Con un approccio di economic geography, analizziamo il contributo delle cosiddette ‘tecnologie abilitanti fondamentali’ (taf) all’emergere di strategie regionali di ‘specializzazione intelligente’ (ssi). Individuiamo le taf e stimiamo il loro effetto sulla costruzione di nuovi vantaggi tecnologici usando dati regionali sulle domande di brevetto e sulle relative classi tecnologiche per un panel di 26 Paesi europei (1980-2010). I risultati mostrano che le taf esercitano un impatto positivo, ‘abilitante’, sulla costruzione di nuove specializzazioni tecnologiche e che moderano l’effetto della relatedness. L’impatto netto risulta positivo, annoverando queste tecnologie tra gli strumenti di policy funzionali alle ssi.

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