Research Areas

The study aims to update the report developed for the European Commission’s Joint Research Center, through the PREDICT project, which covers not only the ICT sector and its R&D investment, but also the Content and Media and Online and Catalogue Retail sectors. In addition, it assesses the intensive use of ICT in European industries and the EU’s position in the global value chain of technological products.

In this fourth phase of the project, the Ivie will also provide data on the progress made by European Union countries in the digital and green transition, especially after receiving the Next Generation EU funds. The expanded database includes digital transformation indicators as well as environmental protection and resource management activities not only for ICT and related sectors, but for all industries.

Some of the main variables included in the European Commission’s database are: gross value added, employment (hours worked and number of employed), output, labor productivity, private sector R&D expenditures, R&D personnel and researchers, investment and capital in digital assets, as well as deflators, PPP and exchange rates.

Information will be available for the European Union and its member countries, as well as for other major international economies.