Information and Communication Technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of technological capacity in Europe

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been consolidated as a fundamental pillar of the new model of competitiveness and sustainable development of territories. However, there has still not been sufficient in-depth study of the role that geographical proximity plays in the digital inequ...

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Autores principales:	Reyes González-Relaño, Ángel Luis Lucendo-Monedero, Francisca Ruiz-Rodríguez
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Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Asociación Española de Geografía 2021
Materias:	Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI) Technological Readiness (TR) spatial analysis European regions (NUTS2) Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geography (General) G1-922
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:591b29c6312341f69fe012dfd370e24b2021-12-05T10:44:55ZInformation and Communication Technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of technological capacity in Europe10.21138/bage.31180212-94262605-3322https://doaj.org/article/591b29c6312341f69fe012dfd370e24b2021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://bage.age-geografia.es/ojs/index.php/bage/article/view/3118https://doaj.org/toc/0212-9426https://doaj.org/toc/2605-3322 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been consolidated as a fundamental pillar of the new model of competitiveness and sustainable development of territories. However, there has still not been sufficient in-depth study of the role that geographical proximity plays in the digital inequalities that affect regional competitiveness. In this context, this paper aims to identify and characterise the clusters and patterns that define the spatial behaviour of ICT access and usage variables at household and individual level in the Technology Readiness (TR) pillar of the Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI). A database of 280 NUTS2 has been created in order to perform: i) an exploratory statistical analysis to show the regional behaviour of the ICT variables; and ii) a spatial autocorrelation analysis to detect the presence of spatial dependence. The results at regional level in Europe demonstrate that: i) the greatest inequalities occur in the ICT usage variables and not in those of access; ii) the indicators of TR create a spatial pattern with a gradient from the regions of the extreme north-west to south-western and eastern Europe; and iii) there is evidently an opportunity to incorporate other regional variables of ICT usage for future editions of the RCI. Reyes González-RelañoÁngel Luis Lucendo-MonederoFrancisca Ruiz-RodríguezAsociación Española de GeografíaarticleRegional Competitiveness Index (RCI)Technological Readiness (TR)spatial analysisEuropean regions (NUTS2)Environmental sciencesGE1-350Geography (General)G1-922ENESBoletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, Iss 90 (2021)
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topic	Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI) Technological Readiness (TR) spatial analysis European regions (NUTS2) Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geography (General) G1-922
spellingShingle	Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI) Technological Readiness (TR) spatial analysis European regions (NUTS2) Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geography (General) G1-922 Reyes González-Relaño Ángel Luis Lucendo-Monedero Francisca Ruiz-Rodríguez Information and Communication Technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of technological capacity in Europe
description	Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been consolidated as a fundamental pillar of the new model of competitiveness and sustainable development of territories. However, there has still not been sufficient in-depth study of the role that geographical proximity plays in the digital inequalities that affect regional competitiveness. In this context, this paper aims to identify and characterise the clusters and patterns that define the spatial behaviour of ICT access and usage variables at household and individual level in the Technology Readiness (TR) pillar of the Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI). A database of 280 NUTS2 has been created in order to perform: i) an exploratory statistical analysis to show the regional behaviour of the ICT variables; and ii) a spatial autocorrelation analysis to detect the presence of spatial dependence. The results at regional level in Europe demonstrate that: i) the greatest inequalities occur in the ICT usage variables and not in those of access; ii) the indicators of TR create a spatial pattern with a gradient from the regions of the extreme north-west to south-western and eastern Europe; and iii) there is evidently an opportunity to incorporate other regional variables of ICT usage for future editions of the RCI.
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author	Reyes González-Relaño Ángel Luis Lucendo-Monedero Francisca Ruiz-Rodríguez
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title	Information and Communication Technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of technological capacity in Europe
title_short	Information and Communication Technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of technological capacity in Europe
title_full	Information and Communication Technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of technological capacity in Europe
title_fullStr	Information and Communication Technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of technological capacity in Europe
title_full_unstemmed	Information and Communication Technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of technological capacity in Europe
title_sort	information and communication technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of technological capacity in europe
publisher	Asociación Española de Geografía
publishDate	2021
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Information and Communication Technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of technological capacity in Europe

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