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Received: 2021-08-15  |  Accepted: 2021-10-27  |  Published: 2021-12-30

Title

Analysis of disparities in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the EU countries


Abstract

In general, the digital economy plays an important role in the achievement of sustainable economic development, creation of a favourable investment climate, increase in income, and improvement of the welfare of the population. The digital economy is a very broad concept and it refers to the digitalization of the economy as a whole. However, it is based on infrastructure and the intensity of the use of Internet technology. To what extent do the EU countries differ in terms of availability and use of Internet technology? What trends occur in the dynamics of disparities in the level of use of Internet technology in the EU countries? In relation to the abovementioned questions, it is necessary to monitor and analyse the level of use of Internet technology in various EU countries in dynamics. The purpose of the research is to assess the level of use of Internet technology in the EU as a basis of the digital economy, as well as to assess disparities in the use of Internet technology in the EU in the period 2012-2020.


Keywords

EU, Internet use index, disparities, ICT


JEL classifications

C43 , O52 , O57 , R10 , F63 , Z13


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/918


DOI


Pages

332-345


Funding

This article is published within the research project of Daugavpils University “Mobile technologies as a factor of business efficiency during the COVID 19 pandemic (the case of Latvia and Poland)”, Nr. 14-95/2021/16

This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Aleksejeva, Viktorija
Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia https://du.lv
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Lavrinenko, Olga
Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia https://du.lv
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Betlej, Alina
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland https://www.kul.pl
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Danileviča, Alina
Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia https://du.lv
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

9


Number

2


Issue date

December 2021


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

Cited

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