Research Methods(s)
| Research Domain | Primary Data Sources | Analytical Methods |
|---|---|---|
| Product Space | • National accounts (Input–Output, Supply–Use tables) • Trade and customs data (HS, SITC, BEC classifications) • Firm-level microdata (production, exports, balance sheets) • Industrial and sectoral surveys |
• Product space and economic complexity analysis • Input–Output linkage and multiplier modeling • Productivity decomposition (TFP, labor/capital shares) • Structural change and upgrading modeling • Network and cluster metrics |
| Service Space | • Labor and employment surveys • Service registries (finance, logistics, ICT, education, health, tourism, etc.) • Platform economy and digital services datasets • Occupational and task databases (ISCO, ESCO, O*NET) |
• Productivity and value-added decomposition • Service system design and mapping • Labor reallocation and task dynamics modeling • Input–service linkage modeling • Intangible capital measurement |
| Technology Space | • Patent and bibliometric databases (WIPO, USPTO, EPO, Scopus) • R&D and innovation surveys (CIS, OECD STI indicators) • Startup and venture capital datasets • Technology readiness and diffusion indices |
• Patent citation and technological distance analysis • Capability and innovation network modeling • Technology diffusion and absorptive capacity models • R&D causal inference • Evolutionary and systems-of-innovation modeling |
| Production Organization | • Firm registries and ownership structures • Corporate financial and operational data • Business network and supply-chain transaction data • Institutional and governance datasets (legal forms, regulation, industrial policy) |
• Organizational and inter-firm network analysis • Governance and ownership modeling • Agent-based and system dynamics simulations • Comparative institutional analysis • Organizational learning and coordination modeling |
| Foundations | • Energy and material flow accounts (SEEA, IEA, EXIOBASE) • Environmental-economic datasets (resources, emissions, water, land use) • Infrastructure, logistics, and spatial data (GIS, WDI, UNEP) |
• Energy–economy–environment (E3) modeling • Material flow and circular economy analysis • Ecological input–output and footprint models • Resilience and sustainability indices • Integrated system-of-systems simulation |
| Finance Space | • Financial accounts and balance sheet data (national, sectoral, firm-level) • Investment and venture capital flows • Credit, monetary, and capital market statistics • Development finance and public investment datasets |
• Financial network and flow-of-funds analysis • Capital allocation and intermediation modeling • Macroeconomic–financial linkage analysis • Simulation of financial architectures • Development finance and investment efficiency analysis |
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