Innovation and GVCs

  • Technological know-how is embodied in internationally traded products. The indicators in this part of the database is the number of patent families per 1M$ value added of a sector (“Patent content of value added”).
  • The indicators are provided both for total patent families (all technology fields) and for
    fourth industrial revolutionA series of related radical innovative breakthroughs centered around automation and digitization technologies. By applying machine learning and large-scale connectivity, these technologies have a large impact on a broad range of existing fields, such as chemistry and mechanics.
    technology fields.
  • The database provides indicators for the patent content of value added for the total output of GVCs, taking into account the patent content of deliveries to the chain.
  • The patent content of final products bought in an economy is also provided.
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