Trade in services and digital trade across borders has rapidly grown in recent years, providing key drivers to the UK economy. However, measurement, classification and definitional challenges have come to characterise the nature of available evidence, driving the need for further research in this space.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
We propose a Research Cluster to explore the opportunities and challenges of the Digital Economy. The Internet is driving many powerful convergences in media, devices and infrastructure provision. These convergences hold...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Imperial College London
The project partially answers the question as it explores the opportunities and challenges of the Digital Economy, but does not specifically address advances in communication technologies in relation to trade in digital services.
FinTech refers to a wide range of ways in which new technologies are being used to deliver financial services, often delivered by start-up firms rather than established financial services firms such as banks. This projec...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Essex
The project partially answers the question as it focuses on trade in FinTech and FinTech-enabled services, but does not specifically address advances in communication technologies in relation to trade in digital services.
This Digital Economy (DE) Network Plus will deliver a vibrant community that will position the UK as the internationally leading research hub for Digitally Enhanced Advanced Services. Rather than focus on the product or ...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
The project partially answers the question as it explores the impact of transformative digital technologies on firm productivity, but does not specifically address advances in communication technologies in relation to trade in digital services.