Big Data and its potential role in regional growth: evidence from Great Britain. Issue 4 (1st October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Morrissey, Karyn
• Is Part Of: Spatial economic analysis. Volume 15:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 494
• Page End: 504
• Publication Date: 2020-10-01
• Subjects: Big Data -- knowledge -- regional growth -- regional policy; R110 Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes -- R12 Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity -- R58 Regional Development Planning and Policy; Space in economics -- Periodicals; Economic geography -- Periodicals; Space in economics -- Econometric models -- Periodicals; Urbanization -- Periodicals; Espace (Économie politique) -- Périodiques; Économétrie -- Périodiques; Géographie économique -- Périodiques; Économie industrielle -- Périodiques; Économie du travail -- Périodiques; Économie urbaine -- Périodiques; Politique économique -- Périodiques; Relations économiques internationales -- Périodiques; 330.9
• DOI: 10.1080/17421772.2020.1825783
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-1772

Abstract

ABSTRACT: To understand the links between Big Data and economic development is to focus on the knowledge that may be created from Big Data and the knowledge workers who can produce and use this knowledge to maximum economic impact. Using location quotients, this paper finds that the current geographical concentration of employees with skills to generate value from Big Data means that economic opportunities will be centred in the London and South East regions. In contrast, Big Data opportunities will be less important for the already lagging regions in Great Britain.