The 2005 European e-Business Readiness Index

Pennoni, Fulvia and Tarantola, Stefano and Latvala, Ari (2006): The 2005 European e-Business Readiness Index. Published in: JRC Reports , Vol. 2006, No. 21883 (27 February 2006): pp. 1-54.

Abstract

Assessment of the eEurope 2005 Action Plan Benchmarking Index “E-Business Readiness Composite Indicator” using data collected by National Statistical Institutes and harmonised by Eurostat, using surveys “ICT usage of enterprises”, with reference years 2003 and 2004. This report contains data from 26 countries as collected in 2004 and as reported by Eurostat in June 2005. Performed analyses include obustness analysis, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for two categories of ICT (Adoption and Use), univariate analysis of basic indicators; principal component analysis and finally assessment of resulted country rankings and methodological notes.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: ICT, e-business, adoption, composite, indicator, eEurope, e-Europe, EU, multiple imputation imputation
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B4 - Economic Methodology > B41 - Economic Methodology

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