Nataliia Gavkalova
Digital Innovation Hubs and portfolio of their services across European economies
Gavkalova, Nataliia; Gladysz, Bartlomiej; Quadrini, Walter; Sassanelli, Claudio; Asplund, Fredrik; Ramli, Muhammad Rusyadi; Detzner, Peter; Deville, Jane; Dragic, Miroslav; van Erp, Tim; Georgescu, Amalia; Price, Liz; Robertsone, Galina; Terzi, Sergio
Authors
Bartlomiej Gladysz
Walter Quadrini
Claudio Sassanelli
Fredrik Asplund
Muhammad Rusyadi Ramli
Peter Detzner
Dr Jane Deville J.Deville@hull.ac.uk
Embedded Researcher in Health Inequalities
Miroslav Dragic
Tim van Erp
Amalia Georgescu
Liz Price
Galina Robertsone
Sergio Terzi
Abstract
Research background:Digital ecosystems in Europe are heterogenous organizations involv-ing 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.
Citation
Gavkalova, N., Gladysz, B., Quadrini, W., Sassanelli, C., Asplund, F., Ramli, M. R., Detzner, P., Deville, J., Dragic, M., van Erp, T., Georgescu, A., Price, L., Robertsone, G., & Terzi, S. (2024). Digital Innovation Hubs and portfolio of their services across European economies. Oeconomia Copernicana, 15(1), 59-94. https://doi.org/10.24136/oc.2757
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Acceptance Date | Mar 1, 2024 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 16, 2024 |
Publication Date | Mar 30, 2024 |
Deposit Date | Mar 18, 2025 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 18, 2025 |
Journal | Oeconomia Copernicana |
Print ISSN | 2083-1277 |
Electronic ISSN | 2083-1277 |
Publisher | Instytut Badań Gospodarczych |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 15 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 59-94 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.24136/oc.2757 |
Keywords | Digital Innovation Hubs; Clustering; Innovation ecosystem; Digital transition; Industry 4.0; Digitalization |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5084548 |
Files
Published article
(613 Kb)
PDF
Publisher Licence URL
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Copyright Statement
Copyright © Instytut Badań Gospodarczych / Institute of Economic Research (Poland)
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
You might also like
A guide to developing a rural digital hub
(2021)
Journal Article