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The European E-Business Report 2005 Exhibit 3.4-3: Plans to implement e-commerce Exhibit 3.4-4: Barriers for ICT adoption I.16 I.15 I.14 I.13 I.12 13,8% 12,3% 14,6% 14,8% 13,3% 20,5% 11,6% 13,6% 14,8% 15,6% 5,7% 4,6% 10,7% 11,1% 5,9% 11,3% 9,2% 11,7% 7,4% 10,1% 59,4% 66,2% 56,3% 48,1% 61,3% 0-9 10-49 50-249 250+ average I.21 I.20 I.19 I.18 I.17 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Indicators Main barriers in ICT adoption (1 – not significant, 5 – critical significance): I.17…Average significance of “high cost on ICT purchasing” as barrier in ICT usage. I.18…Average significance of “high cost on internet connection” as barrier in ICT usage. I.19…Average significance of “ICT skills of employees” as barrier in ICT usage. I.20…Average significance of “missing strategy/vision” as barrier in ICT usage. I.21…Average significance of “low confidence in security issues” as barrier in ICT usage. 5 4 3 2 1 0,0% 20,0% 40,0% 60,0% Indicators I.12…% of enterprises which plan to implement e-procurement within a year. I.13…% of enterprises which plan to implement e- procurement within 3 years. I.14…% of enterprises which plan to implement e- sales within a year. I.15…% of enterprises which plan to implement e- sales within 3 years. I.16…% of enterprises which don’t plan to implement e-procurement or e-sales. Outlook: sectoral analysis in Slovakia using e-Business W@tch methodology TUK is currently studying the use of electronic commerce in major Slovak industries (such as chemical and engineering), applying e-Business W@tch methodology. Final results will be available by the end of 2005 at http://ebiz.tuke.sk/ebizen. According to preliminary results, e-procurement and e-sales are used by 23% and 11% of engineering companies respectively. In the chemical industry, figures are 17% for e-procurement and 14% for online sales. 189
The European E-Business Report 2005 3.4.3 Summary and conclusions Various surveys and interviews indicate that Slovakia is lagging behind in the use of electronic commerce compared to other EU countries (the current rank within the index of e-business readiness reflects the situation). Although companies in Slovakia are progressing in the adoption of procurement mechanisms, better knowledge of strategies and mechanisms for achieving higher efficiency and cost reduction (e.g., reverse auctions, electronic markets, spend management tools) is still absent. A major difficulty is represented by the size of local market which is, in a global environment, a disadvantage for local companies. This is most obvious in the publishing industry, where most online buyers prefer foreign online shops to local ones mainly because of prices. The Slovak industry in general is still affected by traditional business relations based on past experience or friendship. A factor that might positively affect the use of e-commerce development, mainly within the mechanical engineering industry, is foreign direct investments of world automobile producers such as Kia, Citroen, Peugeot and Ford. All of them are members of world’s most significant automobile electronic market Covisint. Advancements in e-business adoption are mainly driven by the intrinsic motivation of enterprises to increase their process efficiency and competitiveness, rather than by national policies. Despite the fact that the financial support of educational programmes and training for the knowledge-based society has increased, the public awareness of electronic commerce and its potential is still very low. Even though companies have confidence in the internet security of online shopping, the general public still does not. This might be critical in the further development and adoption of electronic commerce by other companies. References ANPROBA “Analyses of business environment and barriers in regional absorption ability” governmental research and development assignment SP 200280302 GfK Slovakia: Internet adoption in Slovakia (survey) http://www.gfk.sk/sk/default.asp IT Association Slovakia: Government has fulfilled 31% of informatisation strategy. February 2005, http://www.itas.sk/buxus/generate_page.php?page_id=867 IT News: Almost half of the Slovak population doesn´t work with computers. July 2005 http://www.itnews.sk/buxus_dev/generate_page.php?page_id=923038 MINERVA “Mobilisation of innovation in the national economy and the development of scientific-educational activities” http://www.iminerva.sk Pennoni, F. – Tarantola, S. – Latvala, A.: The 2005 European e-Business Readiness Index. September 22, 2005. Report using data from the 2004 European Union enterprise survey. “Performance measurement of dynamic transaction methods in electronic commerce” Vega -1/1222/04, National research project funded by Scientific grant agency of Ministry of Education and Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovak e-Business Industry Research ”This work was supported by Science and Technology Assistance Agency under the contract No. APVT-20-030504” The Ministry of Economy http://www.economy.gov.sk The Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications http://www.telecom.gov.sk 190
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