18/05/2026
📣 Our Professor Antonio Andreoni published a New paper (Open Access!) in Industry and Innovation: Unveiling the Global Trade Network of Digital Production Technologies: A New Product Classification.
Co-authored with Guendalina Anzolin, Mateus Labrunie and Danilo Spinola
The article explores how digital production technologies — from sensors and semiconductors to robotics and advanced machinery — are shaping global trade networks and industrial transformation.
In this article, they introduce a new classification of Digital Production Technologies (DPTs) covering 120 traded products linked to the digitalisation of production systems. Using global trade data and network analysis, they examine how these technologies are produced, exchanged, and concentrated across countries over time.
Some key insights:
• Digital production technology trade became significantly more connected between 2012 and 2019
• East and Southeast Asia increased their central role in global production networks
• Trade in components is especially globalised and interconnected
• High-value instruments and advanced machinery remain more concentrated among a smaller group of economies
• Countries’ positions in these networks matter for resilience, upgrading, and industrial strategy
More broadly, the paper offers a new tool for researchers and policymakers interested in industrial transformation, technological capabilities, and the changing geography of production.
Download the paper 🔗 https://lnkd.in/egfjNTia
