How is countries’ digitalization influencing technology transfer? A network analysis across the horizon europe strategy

  1. Mercedes Gil Lamata 2
  2. Marta Ferrer Serrano 1
  3. Lucio Fuentelsaz 2
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  2. 2 Universidad de Zaragoza
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    Universidad de Zaragoza

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/012a91z28

Actas:
X Workshop de Jóvenes Investigadores en Economía y Empresa WJI: Programa y colección de abstracts

Editorial: Facultad de Empresa y Gestión Pública/Cámara de Comercio

Ano de publicación: 2023

Páxinas: 21

Congreso: X Workshop de Jóvenes Investigadores en Economía y Empresa WJI (10º. 2023. Huesca)

Tipo: Achega congreso

Resumo

Digitalization and technology transfer (TT) are expected to have a key role in organizations and countries development. However, there is a lack of evidence about the impact of digitalization on TT in strategic collaborative partnerships. This study covers this research gap by offering evidence of the impact of the digitalization level on the TT network at country level. To answer this research question, this analysis also provides a preliminary exploration of the TT landscape in strategic collaborative networks. We analyse 411 projects in which 31 countries participate through 2,890 organizations. A two-steps analysis is performed based on first, a complex network analysis, and second, on a cluster and ANOVA analysis. Our results suggest that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, countries with higher levels of digitalization perform worse in TT activities than countries with intermediate digital performance, which are the leaders of the TT collaboration network. Additionally, this study also shed light about the digitalization indicators that can improve the European countries position in the network.