Analysis and recommendations for e-business development in Croatia

Author

Smokvina, Ranko ; Aksentijevic, Sasa ; Tijan, Edvard

Author_Institution

InfoExpert, Ltd., Rijeka, Croatia

fYear

2015

fDate

25-29 May 2015

Firstpage

1557

Lastpage

1562

Abstract

In this paper, the development of e-business in Croatia in the last decade has been researched, with special emphasis on legislation, organization and state influence, along with the influence of other relevant and potential stakeholders. The influence of Croatian inclusion into the European Union has been analyzed, both before and after the inclusion in 2013. The main directions of e-business development in Croatia are presented. Main segments of e-business have been analyzed (b2b - business-to-business, b2g - business-to-government and c2g - citizen-to-government). EU DESI, UN e-Government Survey, e-Participation Index (EPI), World Economic Forum (WEF) data, UN Open Government Data (OGD) and other relevant indices have been studied and interpreted. In the closing part of the paper, guidelines for development of e-business in Croatia are presented along with author conclusions, specifying e-business as a key element for the evolution of digital economy and digital society.

Keywords

business data processing; electronic commerce; Croatian inclusion; EPI; EU DESI; European Union; OGD; UN Open Government Data; UN e-government survey; WEF data; World Economic Forum data; b2b; b2g; business-to-business; business-to-government; c2g; citizen-to-government; digital economy; digital society; e-business development; e-participation index; legislation; organization; state influence; Economics; Electronic government; Indexes; Internet; Open systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), 2015 38th International Convention on

Conference_Location

Opatija

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIPRO.2015.7160519

Filename

7160519