Producing and using artificial intelligence: What can Europe learn from Siemens’s experience?
- Autores
- Fernández Franco, Sebastián; Graña, Juan Martin; Flacher, David; Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra
- Año de publicación
- 2022
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- This paper examines the innovation strategy of Siemens, a key player in Europe’s digital economy, by performing network and lexical analyses using data derived from Siemens’s patents and scientific publications since 1998. We observe that the company’s innovation efforts evolved from a broader attempt to develop internal information and communication technology (ICT) capabilities – alongside its historical industrial priorities – to a strategy focused on developing artificial intelligence (AI) for sector-specific and niche applications (such as life and medical sciences). As a result, it became dependent on tech giants’ clouds for accessing more general AI services and digital infrastructure. We build on the intellectual monopoly literature focusing on the effects of tech giants on other leading corporations, to analyse Siemens’s experience. By abandoning the development of general ICT and given the emergence of tech giants as digital economy intellectual monopolies, we show that Siemens is risking its technological autonomy towards these big tech companies. Our results provide clues to understand the challenges faced by Europe and its firms in relation to US and Chinese tech giants.
Fil: Fernández Franco, Sebastián. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas. Centro de Estudios sobre Población, Empleo y Desarrollo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Graña, Juan Martin. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas. Centro de Estudios sobre Población, Empleo y Desarrollo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Flacher, David. Universite de Technologie de Compiègne; Francia
Fil: Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra. Universite de Technologie de Compiegne; Francia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina - Materia
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BIG TECH
CLOUD COMPUTING
DIGITAL ECONOMY
NETWORK ANALYSIS
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
SIEMENS - Nivel de accesibilidad
- acceso abierto
- Condiciones de uso
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ar/
- Repositorio
- Institución
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
- OAI Identificador
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Producing and using artificial intelligence: What can Europe learn from Siemens’s experience?Fernández Franco, SebastiánGraña, Juan MartinFlacher, DavidRikap, Cecilia AlejandraBIG TECHCLOUD COMPUTINGDIGITAL ECONOMYNETWORK ANALYSISSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STRATEGYSIEMENShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5This paper examines the innovation strategy of Siemens, a key player in Europe’s digital economy, by performing network and lexical analyses using data derived from Siemens’s patents and scientific publications since 1998. We observe that the company’s innovation efforts evolved from a broader attempt to develop internal information and communication technology (ICT) capabilities – alongside its historical industrial priorities – to a strategy focused on developing artificial intelligence (AI) for sector-specific and niche applications (such as life and medical sciences). As a result, it became dependent on tech giants’ clouds for accessing more general AI services and digital infrastructure. We build on the intellectual monopoly literature focusing on the effects of tech giants on other leading corporations, to analyse Siemens’s experience. By abandoning the development of general ICT and given the emergence of tech giants as digital economy intellectual monopolies, we show that Siemens is risking its technological autonomy towards these big tech companies. Our results provide clues to understand the challenges faced by Europe and its firms in relation to US and Chinese tech giants.Fil: Fernández Franco, Sebastián. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas. Centro de Estudios sobre Población, Empleo y Desarrollo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Graña, Juan Martin. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas. Centro de Estudios sobre Población, Empleo y Desarrollo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Flacher, David. Universite de Technologie de Compiègne; FranciaFil: Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra. Universite de Technologie de Compiegne; Francia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaSAGE Publications2022-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/223623Fernández Franco, Sebastián; Graña, Juan Martin; Flacher, David; Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra; Producing and using artificial intelligence: What can Europe learn from Siemens’s experience?; SAGE Publications; Competition and Change; 27; 2; 6-2022; 302-3311024-52941477-2221CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1177/10245294221097066info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:30:47Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/223623instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:30:48.24CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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Producing and using artificial intelligence: What can Europe learn from Siemens’s experience? |
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Producing and using artificial intelligence: What can Europe learn from Siemens’s experience? |
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Producing and using artificial intelligence: What can Europe learn from Siemens’s experience? |
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Producing and using artificial intelligence: What can Europe learn from Siemens’s experience? |
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Fernández Franco, Sebastián Graña, Juan Martin Flacher, David Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra |
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Fernández Franco, Sebastián |
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Fernández Franco, Sebastián Graña, Juan Martin Flacher, David Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra |
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BIG TECH CLOUD COMPUTING DIGITAL ECONOMY NETWORK ANALYSIS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY SIEMENS |
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This paper examines the innovation strategy of Siemens, a key player in Europe’s digital economy, by performing network and lexical analyses using data derived from Siemens’s patents and scientific publications since 1998. We observe that the company’s innovation efforts evolved from a broader attempt to develop internal information and communication technology (ICT) capabilities – alongside its historical industrial priorities – to a strategy focused on developing artificial intelligence (AI) for sector-specific and niche applications (such as life and medical sciences). As a result, it became dependent on tech giants’ clouds for accessing more general AI services and digital infrastructure. We build on the intellectual monopoly literature focusing on the effects of tech giants on other leading corporations, to analyse Siemens’s experience. By abandoning the development of general ICT and given the emergence of tech giants as digital economy intellectual monopolies, we show that Siemens is risking its technological autonomy towards these big tech companies. Our results provide clues to understand the challenges faced by Europe and its firms in relation to US and Chinese tech giants. Fil: Fernández Franco, Sebastián. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas. Centro de Estudios sobre Población, Empleo y Desarrollo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Graña, Juan Martin. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas. Centro de Estudios sobre Población, Empleo y Desarrollo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Flacher, David. Universite de Technologie de Compiègne; Francia Fil: Rikap, Cecilia Alejandra. Universite de Technologie de Compiegne; Francia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina |
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This paper examines the innovation strategy of Siemens, a key player in Europe’s digital economy, by performing network and lexical analyses using data derived from Siemens’s patents and scientific publications since 1998. We observe that the company’s innovation efforts evolved from a broader attempt to develop internal information and communication technology (ICT) capabilities – alongside its historical industrial priorities – to a strategy focused on developing artificial intelligence (AI) for sector-specific and niche applications (such as life and medical sciences). As a result, it became dependent on tech giants’ clouds for accessing more general AI services and digital infrastructure. We build on the intellectual monopoly literature focusing on the effects of tech giants on other leading corporations, to analyse Siemens’s experience. By abandoning the development of general ICT and given the emergence of tech giants as digital economy intellectual monopolies, we show that Siemens is risking its technological autonomy towards these big tech companies. Our results provide clues to understand the challenges faced by Europe and its firms in relation to US and Chinese tech giants. |
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