Comparison of the digital economy development parameters in the EU countries in the context of bridging the digital divide
The widespread use of information and communication technologies and subsequent transformations have led to the formation of a digital economy (DE). The European Union, as an international organization, has become the subject of building such an economy, striving to bring member countries closer in...
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| description | The widespread use of information and communication technologies and subsequent transformations have led to the formation of a digital economy (DE). The European Union, as an international organization, has become the subject of building such an economy, striving to bring member countries closer in the field of digitalization.The aim of this paper is to compare the DE development parameters of the EU countries based on cluster analysis and determine the most significant of them to solve the problems of bridging the digital divide between countries. For clustering, a feature DE vector of 20 indicators was created and the k-means algorithm and the Euclidean distance metric were used. For classification, the decision tree method was applied.Three clusters of EU countries were identified by the level of DE development (leaders, followers and outsiders), which allowed assessing their positions relative to each other. Key parameters that determine countries’ positions in the general rating are identified. A parameter chart is generated to control the establishment of DE in the EU countries, which, in addition to key parameters, includes maximum, minimum and harmonic mean values of these parameters by cluster. This characterizes the landscape of DE development in the EU countries, assesses the digital divide and is the basis for decision-making in the area of bridging this divide. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e352c0974f224a46b1e8ed49dd048d182022-12-21T19:20:45ZengLLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"Problems and Perspectives in Management1727-70511810-54672020-06-0118220621810.21511/ppm.18(2).2020.1813569Comparison of the digital economy development parameters in the EU countries in the context of bridging the digital divideVladimir Bilozubenko0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1269-7207Olha Yatchuk1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5642-9450Elżbieta Wolanin2Tetiana Serediuk3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1068-961XMaxim Korneyev4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4005-5335Doctor of Economic Science, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of International Economic Relations, Regional Studies and Tourism, University of Customs and FinancePh.D. in Social Communications, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology and Journalism, University of Customs and FinanceMaster, Department of Quantitative Methods, Faculty of Management, Rzeszow University of TechnologyMaster, Group Head of Marketing at NoosphereDoctor of Economics, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of International Economic Relations, Regional Studies and Tourism, University of Customs and FinanceThe widespread use of information and communication technologies and subsequent transformations have led to the formation of a digital economy (DE). The European Union, as an international organization, has become the subject of building such an economy, striving to bring member countries closer in the field of digitalization.The aim of this paper is to compare the DE development parameters of the EU countries based on cluster analysis and determine the most significant of them to solve the problems of bridging the digital divide between countries. For clustering, a feature DE vector of 20 indicators was created and the k-means algorithm and the Euclidean distance metric were used. For classification, the decision tree method was applied.Three clusters of EU countries were identified by the level of DE development (leaders, followers and outsiders), which allowed assessing their positions relative to each other. Key parameters that determine countries’ positions in the general rating are identified. A parameter chart is generated to control the establishment of DE in the EU countries, which, in addition to key parameters, includes maximum, minimum and harmonic mean values of these parameters by cluster. This characterizes the landscape of DE development in the EU countries, assesses the digital divide and is the basis for decision-making in the area of bridging this divide.https://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/13569/PPM_2020_02_Bilozubenko.pdfclusteringdigital dividedigital economygovernancekey parametersparameter chart |
| spellingShingle | Vladimir Bilozubenko Olha Yatchuk Elżbieta Wolanin Tetiana Serediuk Maxim Korneyev Comparison of the digital economy development parameters in the EU countries in the context of bridging the digital divide Problems and Perspectives in Management clustering digital divide digital economy governance key parameters parameter chart |
| title | Comparison of the digital economy development parameters in the EU countries in the context of bridging the digital divide |
| title_full | Comparison of the digital economy development parameters in the EU countries in the context of bridging the digital divide |
| title_fullStr | Comparison of the digital economy development parameters in the EU countries in the context of bridging the digital divide |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of the digital economy development parameters in the EU countries in the context of bridging the digital divide |
| title_short | Comparison of the digital economy development parameters in the EU countries in the context of bridging the digital divide |
| title_sort | comparison of the digital economy development parameters in the eu countries in the context of bridging the digital divide |
| topic | clustering digital divide digital economy governance key parameters parameter chart |
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