ABSTRACT

The Europe 2020 development strategy prioritizes the so-called Smart Regions, reflecting the European Commission's commitment to geographical ‘specialization.’ Accordingly, the European regions have developed innovation strategies for smart specialization. A key element in these development strategies is the technological factor, which is clearly influenced by the level of human development in the region. This article analyses the convergence between citizens’ capacities and technological development in a region. Specifically, we analyse 129 NUTS 2 regions in Europe, using official data provided by Eurostat. To measure human development, this article proposes a Smart Human Index based on a synthetic indicator incorporating three dimensions; in addition, we use two dimensions to construct an indicator of regional technological development. The results show that a region's technological capacity clearly depends on its inhabitants’ degree of formal education, while their use of technologies depends on the citizens’ degree of social openness and cultural level.

摘要

《欧洲2020年发展战略》将所谓的“智能区域”列为优先事项，反映了欧盟委员会对地理“专业化”的承诺。因此，欧洲地区已经制定了针对智能专业化的创新策略。这些发展战略中的关键要素是技术因素，该因素显然受到该地区人类发展水平的影响。本文分析了一个地区的公民能力与技术发展之间的融合。具体来说，我们使用Eurostat提供的官方数据分析了欧洲的129个NUTS 2地区。为了衡量人类的发展，本文提出了一个智能人类指数，该指数基于包含三个维度的综合指标；此外，我们使用两个维度来构建区域技术发展指标。