IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ers/journl/vxxvy2022i4p364-380.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Digital Competitiveness Gap between the US and EU Member States in the 21st Century

Author

Listed:
  • Izabela Mlynarzewska-Borowiec

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the article is to assess the gap between EU member states and the United States in terms of digital competitiveness of the ex-ante and the ex-post type in the 21st century. Design/methodology/approach: To assess the ex-ante digital competitiveness the ICT Development Index (IDI) was used, and the ex-post competitiveness was measured with the original Outcome Digital Competitiveness Index (ODCI). The study takes into account a broader approach to digital competitiveness than previously discussed in the literature and includes the ”outcome” component, regarding the implementation effects of ICT. A measure of this competitiveness type is also introduced. Findings: The conducted study provides evidence confirming the hypothesis that the digital competitiveness gap between the EU and the US is widening, especially in terms of ICT patent activity, ICT impact on new business and organisational models, intensity of high-tech trade and the importance of the ICT sector in value added creation. Practical implications: The results provides evidence to confirm the hypothesis that the digital competitiveness gap between the EU and the US is widening especially in its output dimension, related to the channels transforming the country's digital potential into economic results. Originality/Value: The study can be the source for the examination of the degree of EU internal differentiation both in the levels and dynamics of digital competitiveness. These issues, however, require an in-depth analysis that may be the subject of another study.

Suggested Citation

  • Izabela Mlynarzewska-Borowiec, 2022. "Digital Competitiveness Gap between the US and EU Member States in the 21st Century," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(4), pages 364-380.
    • Handle: RePEc:ers:journl:v:xxv:y:2022:i:4:p:364-380
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ersj.eu/journal/3087/download
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Huub Meijers, 2014. "Does the internet generate economic growth, international trade, or both?," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 137-163, February.
    2. Ayoub Yousefi, 2011. "The impact of information and communication technology on economic growth: evidence from developed and developing countries," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(6), pages 581-596, November.
    3. Karl Aiginger & Susanne Bärenthaler-Sieber & Johanna Vogel, 2013. "Competitiveness under New Perspectives. WWWforEurope Working Paper No. 44," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 47019, April.
    4. Bart van Ark, 2016. "The Productivity Paradox of the New Digital Economy," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 31, pages 3-18, Fall.
    5. Nadim Ahmad & Paul Schreyer, 2016. "Measuring GDP in a Digitalised Economy," OECD Statistics Working Papers 2016/7, OECD Publishing.
    6. Karl Aiginger, 2006. "Competitiveness: From a Dangerous Obsession to a Welfare Creating Ability with Positive Externalities," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 6(2), pages 161-177, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Miloš Žarković & Slobodan Lakić & Jasmina Ćetković & Bojan Pejović & Srdjan Redzepagic & Irena Vodenska & Radoje Vujadinović, 2022. "Effects of Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Consumption, GHG, ICT on Sustainable Economic Growth: Evidence from Old and New EU Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-27, August.
    2. Elena Toader & Bogdan Narcis Firtescu & Angela Roman & Sorin Gabriel Anton, 2018. "Impact of Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure on Economic Growth: An Empirical Assessment for the EU Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-22, October.
    3. Karl Aiginger & Matthias Firgo, 2015. "Regional Competitiveness Under New Perspectives. WWWforEurope Policy Paper No. 26," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 58501, April.
    4. Peter Mayerhofer & Elisabeth Arnold & Julia Bachtrögler-Unger & Matthias Firgo & Fabian Gabelberger & Peter Huber & Anna Matzner & Maria Riegler & Birgit Schuster & Fabian Unterlass, 2021. "Fünfter Bericht zur internationalen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Wiens. Teilbericht 1: Indikatoren und Determinanten der territorialen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit im Vergleich der europäischen Metropolregionen," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 67260, April.
    5. Jin, Canyang & Xu, Aiting & Zhu, Yuhan & Li, Jinchang, 2023. "Technology growth in the digital age: Evidence from China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).
    6. Chikán, Attila & Molnár, Boglárka & Szabó, Erika, 2018. "A nemzeti versenyképesség fogalma és támogató intézményi rendszere [The concept of national competitiveness and the institutional system to support it]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(12), pages 1205-1224.
    7. Karl Aiginger, 2013. "The "Greening" of Industrial Policy, Headwinds and a Possible Symbiosis. WWWforEurope Policy Paper No. 3," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 46712, April.
    8. Karl Aiginger, 2014. "Industrial Policy for a Sustainable Growth Path. WWWforEurope Policy Paper No. 13," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 47261, April.
    9. Christian Ketels, 2015. "Competitiveness and Clusters: Implications for a New European Growth Strategy. WWWforEurope Working Paper No. 84," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 57892, April.
    10. Anderton, Robert & Jarvis, Valerie & Labhard, Vincent & Morgan, Julian & Petroulakis, Filippos & Vivian, Lara, 2020. "Virtually everywhere? Digitalisation and the euro area and EU economies," Occasional Paper Series 244, European Central Bank.
    11. Peter Mayerhofer, 2022. "Vorarlbergs Wirtschaft im europäischen Konkurrenzumfeld. Bericht zur internationalen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit 2022," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 69424, April.
    12. Daniel Ştefan Armeanu & Georgeta Vintilă & Ştefan Cristian Gherghina, 2017. "Empirical Study towards the Drivers of Sustainable Economic Growth in EU-28 Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-22, December.
    13. Rauf Gönenç & Béatrice Guérard, 2017. "Austria’s digital transition: The diffusion challenge," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1430, OECD Publishing.
    14. Yi Li, 2020. "Internet Development and Structural Transformation: Evidence from China," Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 10(1), pages 1-8.
    15. Tchamyou, Vanessa S. & Erreygers, Guido & Cassimon, Danny, 2019. "Inequality, ICT and financial access in Africa," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 169-184.
    16. Guo, Xuefan & Xu, Dingyi & Zhu, Kunfu, 2023. "Measuring digitalization effects in China: A global value chain perspective," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    17. Małgorzata Dziembała, 2021. "The Enhancement of Sustainable Competitiveness of the CEE Regions at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic Instability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-17, November.
    18. Teresa Weiss & Fabian Unterlass, 2015. "Towards Monitoring a Socio-ecological Transition. WWWforEurope Deliverable No. 7," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 58410, April.
    19. Marina D. SIMONOVA & Irina P. MAMIY, 2019. "Online transport services market in Russia amid economy digitalization," Upravlenets, Ural State University of Economics, vol. 10(3), pages 94-103, July.
    20. Thomas H.W. ZIESEMER, 2012. "Worker remittances and government behaviour in the receiving countries," Eastern Journal of European Studies, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 3, pages 37-59, December.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    European Union; US; ex-ante digital competitiveness; ex-post digital competitiveness;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ers:journl:v:xxv:y:2022:i:4:p:364-380. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Marios Agiomavritis (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://ersj.eu/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.