DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET WHAT EXPECTATIONS Justinas Pagirys 1

DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET. WHAT EXPECTATIONS? Justinas Pagirys 1

Digital Single Market: High Expectations for the EU’s Economy? #1 Tech companies make Lithuania a global player • Baltic states have become home for global development and support centers • High-growth companies seek for the best talent possible • Tech companies from Eastern Europe are relocating

Digital Single Market: High Expectations for the EU’s Economy? #1 Tech companies make Lithuania a global player • Baltic states have become home for global development and support centers • High-growth companies seek for the best talent possible • Tech companies from Eastern Europe are relocating

Digital Single Market: High Expectations for the EU’s Economy? #2 Small, dynamic, open economies would win most from DSM • Startups need large easy-to-penetrate markets to justify investments into disruptive tech • Baltic states developed technologies that should be rolled-out across EU and beyond

Digital Single Market: High Expectations for the EU’s Economy? #2 Small, dynamic, open economies would win most from DSM • • Startups need large easy-to-penetrate markets to justify investments into disruptive tech • Fintech • Platforms, e-commerce Baltic states developed technologies that should be rolled-out across EU and beyond • E-residency • E-logistics • E-government

Digital Single Market: High Expectations for the EU’s Economy? #3 Regulatory arbitrage already there in FDI landscape • Top companies expand where innovation is welcomed, not clamped • Startups need large easy-to-penetrate markets to justify investments into disruptive tech • Baltic states developed technologies that should be rolled out across EU and beyond