Enterprise Digital Divide: Website e-Commerce Functionalities among European Union Enterprises

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI:10.2478/bsrj-2021-0013

B. Jaković, T. Curlin, I. Miloloza

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Abstract Background: Information and communication technologies (ICTs) gained prevalent organizational and structural value in the modern economy. E-commerce is one of the sectors directly influenced by technological change. However, not all countries have the same opportunities to develop e-commerce growth; there are significant discrepancies in ICT utilization worldwide, known as the digital divide. Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to explore the level of difference among European countries regarding the e-commerce functionalities in their enterprises using a cluster analysis. Methods/Approach: To accomplish the paper goal, the k-means cluster analysis was conducted on the Eurostat data from 2019. Enterprises from 28 European countries were taken into consideration. The Kruskal-Wallis test is used to explore if the differences among clusters regarding the digital development, measured by the Digital Economy and Society Index are significant. Results: The investigation confirmed that there are significant differences among European countries regarding the development of e-commerce. However, a similar level of e-commerce is not related to economic and digital development. Conclusions: Since the relationship between economic development and e-commerce development in European countries is not linear, country-level policies are likely to be significant factors driving e-commerce development, which leads to the need for further investigation of this issue.

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企业数字鸿沟:欧盟企业的网站电子商务功能

背景:信息通信技术(ict)在现代经济中具有普遍的组织和结构价值。电子商务是受技术变革直接影响的行业之一。然而，并非所有国家都有同样的机会发展电子商务增长;在全球范围内，信息通信技术的利用存在显著差异，这被称为数字鸿沟。目的:本文的目的是利用聚类分析探讨欧洲国家在其企业电子商务功能方面的差异程度。方法/途径:为了实现本文的目标，对2019年以来的欧盟统计局数据进行k均值聚类分析。来自28个欧洲国家的企业被纳入考虑范围。Kruskal-Wallis检验用于探讨集群之间关于数字发展的差异，由数字经济和社会指数衡量是否显著。结果:调查证实，欧洲国家在电子商务发展方面存在显著差异。然而，类似的电子商务水平与经济和数字发展无关。结论:由于欧洲国家经济发展与电子商务发展之间的关系不是线性的，因此国家层面的政策很可能是推动电子商务发展的重要因素，因此需要对这一问题进行进一步的研究。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.