The State of Information and Communication Technology in Hungary, A Comparative Analysis

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new comparative analysis method to evaluate how electronic marketplaces influence enterprise net income across Hungarian economic sectors, revealing a significant impact and clustering based on potential indicators.

Contribution

It presents a novel comparative research approach applied to Hungarian sectors, identifying electronic marketplaces as a key factor affecting net income.

Findings

Electronic marketplaces contribute up to 37% to net income variation.

Only electronic marketplace indicators have a direct influence on net income.

Two distinct clusters of sectors were identified based on potential indicators.

Abstract

A novel comparative research and analysis method is proposed and applied on the Hungarian economic sectors. The question of what factors have an effect on their net income is essential for enterprises. First, the potential indicators related to economic sectors were studied and then compared to the net income of the surveyed enterprises. The data resulting from the comparison showed that the growing penetration of electronic marketpalces contributed to the change of the net income of enterprises in various economic sectors to the extent of 37%. Among all the potential indicators, only the indicator of electronic marketplaces has a direct influence on the net income of enterprises. Two clusters based on the potential indicators were indicated.