Approaches to measuring technological sovereignty: identifying limitations

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The article aims to analyze existing foreign approaches to assessing technological sovereignty. Due to geopolitical changes in the modern world, interest in achieving technological sovereignty has increased, reflecting the desire of countries for technological independence. The study examines various aspects of technological sovereignty, including its definition and measurement using a number of indicators, such as patent activity, investment in scientific and technological projects, capitalization of knowledge, export/import, etc. Existing methods for assessing technological sovereignty, as a rule, are focused on measuring it post factum and are quantitative. The emphasis on quantitative data does not take into account the qualitative characteristics of technologies, and time delays in collecting and processing data complicate the prompt application of the technological sovereignty index to adjust technology policy.

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Artem Shashkov

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Email: ashashkov@hse.ru

Postgraduate Student, Research Assistant, Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge

Russian Federation, Moscow

Dina Malekova

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Email: dmalekova@hse.ru

Research Assistant, Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge

Russian Federation, Moscow

Natalia Veselitskaya

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Author for correspondence.
Email: nveselitskaya@hse.ru

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge

Russian Federation, Moscow

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