Digital economy in the UK: an evolutionary story

Emmanouil Tranos

University of Bristol, Alan Turing Institute
e.tranos@bristol.ac.uk, @EmmanouilTranos, etranos.info

Contents

Introduction
Web data
Spatial analysis
S-shaped diffusion curves
Conclusions

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Introduction

Aims

Map the active engagement with the digital
Over time, early stages of the internet
Granular and multi-scale spatial perspective

Importance

Understand how the adoption of new technologies evolves
Guide policies for deployment of new technologies
Predictions of introduction times for future technologies (Meade and Islam 2021):
- Network operators
- Suppliers of network equipment
- Regulatory authorities

Technological diffusion