This paper studies the global synchronicity of technology and its impact on the economy. We employ dynamic factor analysis to decompose patent data in different digital technologies for various countries into global and country-specific factors. Our findings confirm the existence of global and...

The present study investigates the effects of energy-related technologies on economic performance at firm level. We distinguish clearly between adoption and use of energy-related technologies (process innovation in the broad sense) and product innovation in energy-related fields. We take into...

This keynote speech at the informal European Competitiveness Council (industry ministers) addresses the uneasy relationship of industrial and environmental policies, which was among the core agendas of the Polish EU presidency in 2011. In the presentation, emphasis is given to the major...