Tech Sovereignty and Industrial Ecosystems

Dietlmeier, Simon Frederic and Urmetzer, Florian (2023): Tech Sovereignty and Industrial Ecosystems.

Abstract

Theories of ecosystems in economic or business research are rarely considered from a perspective, in which these network constructs of inter-organisational relationships are influenced by policy initiatives and instruments – not just individual efforts of actors from within the ecosystem. In the geoeconomic context, the concept of “technological sovereignty” has been proposed as a framework for innovation policy, which could be a legitimate political objective if higher prosperity can be achieved. The research combines conceptual and empirical research on “policy-driven industrial ecosystems” that are embedded in such a competitive geoeconomic environment. A central thesis was developed from the synthesis of either concepts, suggesting that industrial ecosystems can be driven by policy and government interventions in a polity to achieve greater technological sovereignty. The dissertation topic thus aims to fill a research gap at the intersection of the fields strategic management, public policy, and international relations.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Ecosystem, Policy, Industry, Technology, Sovereignty
• Subjects: A - General Economics and Teaching > A2 - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics > A20 - General; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B0 - General > B00 - General; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E32 - Business Fluctuations ; Cycles; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy; H - Public Economics > H7 - State and Local Government ; Intergovernmental Relations; P - Economic Systems > P5 - Comparative Economic Systems; Y - Miscellaneous Categories > Y4 - Dissertations (unclassified)

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