Regional technological capabilities and green opportunities in Europe
论文分三步研究欧洲区域的绿色技术发展：先绘制创新活动地理分布，再构建指标识别绿色创新潜力，最后检验特定技术领域的比较优势与区域绿色技术开发能力的关系。
Abstract The goal of the paper is to elaborate an empirical overview of green technological development in European regions. This is a timely pursuit considering the ambitious commitments stipulated in the recent European Green Deal to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Our analysis is organised in three steps. First, we map the geographical distribution of innovative activities in Europe and profile regions in terms of technological capabilities. Second, we elaborate a metric to identify regions’ green innovation potential. Third, we check whether possessing a comparative advantage in specific, green and non-green, technological domains is associated with a region’s capacity to develop green technologies.