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Technological Sovereignty and Strategic Dependencies: The case of the Photovoltaic Supply Chain

This work sheds new light on the Photovoltaic Supply Chain (PVSC), providing fresh evidence on strategic dependencies (SDs) and (asymmetrically distributed) technological capabilities. Bridging the perspectives of 'technological sovereignty' and 'strategic autonomy', a number of contributions are provided. First, we carry out a fine-grained mapping of the PVSC, combining trade and patent data. Second, we assess the long-term evolution of trade and technological hierarchies, documenting processes of polarization and growing SDs. Third, we zoom-in on critical PV areas (i.e. products and related technologies), providing a 'strategic intelligence' activity which may prove useful for tailoring trade, industrial and innovation policies. Fourth, we explore the relationship between technological specialization and productive capabilities showing that, in the upstream segment, reinforcing the former may help mitigating SDs.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 1330

Classification
Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Trade and Environment
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Technological Change: Government Policy
Alternative Energy Sources
Subject
Technological sovereignty
Strategic dependency
Photovoltaic industry
Trade
Patents

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Caravella, Serenella
Crespi, Francesco
Cucignatto, Giacomo
Guarascio, Dario
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Global Labor Organization (GLO)
(where)
Essen
(when)
2023

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Caravella, Serenella
  • Crespi, Francesco
  • Cucignatto, Giacomo
  • Guarascio, Dario
  • Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Time of origin

  • 2023

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