Prague Economic Papers 2024, 33(2):220-243 | DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.857

Comprehensive Assessment of Enterprise Digital Competitiveness

Viktorija Skvarciany ORCID..., Daiva Jurevičienė ORCID...
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania

There are studies investigating a country's digital competitiveness; however, there is a lack of research examining digital competitiveness at the enterprise level. Hence, the current study aims at composing an enterprise digital competitiveness index (EDCI), which provides a possibility to assess the level of enterprise digital competitiveness and could be used by policymakers in the development of a strategy for transitioning to the digital economy. The CRITIC and COPRAS approaches are employed for the index construction. The criteria and subcriteria provided by Eurostat (2022) are used as antecedents of the EDCI. The results indicate that Nordic countries have reached the highest level of enterprise digital competitiveness. The mentioned countries' GDP per capita is in the top 5 among the EU countries, while the countries with the lowest GDP per capita show the lowest EDCI.

Keywords: competitiveness, digital competitiveness, enterprise competitiveness, digital economy
JEL classification: F43, O47

Received: September 27, 2023; Revised: January 10, 2024; Accepted: January 12, 2024; Published: May 3, 2024  Show citation

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