Key enabling technologies foster economic growth, especially in low-tech EU regions
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 08:04
in Physics & Chemistry
A first-time analysis finds that key enabling technologies (KETs) – such as nano electronics or industrial biotechnologies – directly boost EU regions' growth, particularly those which lag behind in innovation. Comparison with specialisation in fast growing technologies (FGTs), which have the power to disrupt markets, shows that FGTs only indirectly affect regional growth, through the impact on regions' innovation performances (patents' growth), according to a recent JRC report.
