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Assessment of Croatia Readiness for Using the ICT Potentials

ICT is one of the key factors of modern development. However, the researches show that the amount of investments in this sector is not a warranty of business effects. Therefore, the relevant studies have been done also at the aggregated level. This paper presents that kind of studies, as well as metrics that could be used for positioning some country’s efficiency in using ICT potential. Whereas Croatia is not most often included in that kind of researches, through this paper we have tried determine its position in that context, recognize its strong and weak characteristics, make a comparation with similar countries, note the biggest blockades in ICT penetration, and point out necessity of further researches.

ICT investments; ICT metrics; National Readiness Index; e-Readiness; ICT development index; Friedman’s; Pearson’s; Spearman’s testing

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