Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies
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Blockchain and Trade: Not a Fix for Brexit, but Could Revolutionise Global Value Chains (If Governments Let It)
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Nicolas BottonOne of the most tone-deaf suggestions in the Brexit proceedings so far came in August 2017, when the UK Brexit team released a long-awaited position...
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Restrictions to Cross-Border Data Flows: a Taxonomy
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging TechnologiesStrict privacy regimes, requests to use local data centres and outright bans to transfer data abroad are a few examples of policies imposed recently...
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New Coalitions for Europe’s Digital Future – Building Capacity, Improving Performance
In Europe’s digital policy, digital managerialists, digital frontrunners, and digital convergers have emerged as coalitions among EU member states....
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Standard Essential Patents and the Quest for Faster Diffusion of Technology
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade, Globalisation and SecurityStandard-essential patents (SEPs) have been critical to the ICT revolution. SEPs have allowed for the fast rates of innovation diffusion that the...
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The Compounding Effect of Tariffs on Medicines: Estimating the Real Cost of Emerging Markets’ Protectionism
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Matthias BauerEven low import tariff rates have a significant compounding effect on the final retail price of medicines, which in turn impacts on affordability....
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Unleashing Internal Data Flows in the EU: An Economic Assessment of Data Localisation Measures in the EU Member States
Forced data localisation measures are on the rise around the world, fragmenting the Internet and increasing costs for businesses and consumers....
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Turning the Single Digital Market into a House of Cards? The European Local Content Quota on Netflix
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East Korea Project Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: audiovisual industry audiovisual policy cultural industries Digital Single Market EU European CommissionOn May 25, 2016, the Commission proposed to amend two dozen articles of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (hereafter the “Directive”). One...
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Digital Investments, Data and Growth in Europe: A Framework for Analysis
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Five Freedoms ProjectEven if there is a connection between information and communication technology (ICT) and growth in the European economy has been understood, specific...
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Competition, Growth and Regulatory Heterogeneity in Europe’s Digital Economy
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyFar too many policymakers in Europe have a confused vision about the policy conditions required for Europe to grow its digital economy. Their habits...
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The Importance of Complementary Policy for ICT in the EU
This paper analyses the importance of the ICT sector, and in particular the Software sector, for the European economy. It does so by looking into the...
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A Digital Strategy for Europe
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Bruno Maçãesby Dr Bruno Macaes, Secretary of State for European Affairs, Government of Portugal The industrial internet – the network of intelligent...
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The Bundes Cloud: Germany on the Edge to Discriminate Against Foreign Suppliers of Digital Services
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: cloud services data localisation digital economy digital services Digital Single Market Germany governance public procurementMatthias Bauer and Hosuk Lee-Makiyama comment on Germany’s new guidelines for government procurement of digital services. In this paper, the...