@article{Herdon:339744,
      recid = {339744},
      author = {Herdon, Miklós and Csordás, Adrián},
      title = {Changes in the relationship between ICT use and economic  development in EU member states 2010-2016},
      journal = {APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce},
      address = {2019-06},
      number = {1033-2024-191},
      year = {2019},
      abstract = {In this study, we examined some ICT indicators of the EU  Member States between 2010 and 2016 based on data of the  World Bank and Eurostat. We wanted to know, how can the EU  Member States be grouped according to these indicators, and  which group can Hungary belong to. With the help of  international literature reviews, three indicators were  chosen. According to these we created three groups  (underdeveloped, developing, developed) with the K-Mean  cluster method that is classified by their level of  development. Interesting changes took place during the  period under review. By the end of the analyzed period, six  countries lost their “developed” rating among others some  founding members. There were also interesting changes in  the clusters. The value of some indicators increased more  than 40% in some cases, surprisingly, only in one case  measured reduction. The proportion of ICT specialists  decreased in developing countries (by 1%). The highest  growth rate was observed in the developed countries in  e-commerce. Because of the high proportion of ICT  professionals and the share of e-commerce in the developed  cluster we assumed that service would be the dominant  sector. The two-sample t-test did not confirm our  hypothesis. We supposed the focus in developing countries  will be on the industry, due we think the developed  countries started to outsource their SSCs (shared service  centers) to less developed countries. With the help of a  statistical indicator, we confirmed our assumption, but the  result not so convincing since the significant level is  only 11%. Although we thought that the underdeveloped group  of countries was based on agriculture, statistical studies  did not support our hypothesis.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/339744},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.339744},
}