Compare 2 Countries
 
First country
Second country
 
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Environment
Market Environment All None
Venture capital availability
Financial market sophistication
Availability of latest technologies
State of cluster development
Burden of government regulation
Extent and effect of taxation
Total tax rate (hard data)
Time required to start a business (hard data)
Number of procedures required to start a business (hard data)
Intensity of local competition
Freedom of the press
Political and Regulatory Environment All None
Effectiveness of law-making bodies
Laws relating to ICT
Judicial independence
Intellectual property protection
Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes
Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regulations
Property rights
Number of procedures to enforce a contract (hard data)
Time to enforce a contract (hard data)
Level of competition Index (hard data)
Infrastructure Environment All None
Number of telephone lines (hard data)
Secure Internet servers (hard data)
Electricity production (hard data)
Availability of scientists and engineers
Quality of scientific research institutions
Tertiary education enrollment (hard data)
Education expenditure (hard data)
Accessibility of digital content
Internet bandwidth (hard data)
Readiness
Individual Readiness All None
Quality of math and science education
Quality of the educational system
Buyer sophistication
Residential telephone connection charge (hard data)
Residential monthly telephone subscription (hard data)
Fixed broadband tariffs (hard data)
Mobile cellular tariffs (hard data)
Fixed telephone tariffs (hard data)
Business Readiness All None
Extent of staff training
Local availability of specialized research and training services
Quality of management schools
Company spending on R&D
University-industry collaboration in R&D
Business telephone connection charge (hard data)
Business monthly telephone subscription (hard data)
Local supplier quality
Computer
Availability of new telephone lines
Government Readiness All None
Government prioritization of ICT
Government procurement of advanced technology products
Importance of ICT to government vision of the future
Usage
Individual Usage All None
Mobile telephone subscriptions (hard data)
Personal computers (hard data)
Broadband Internet subscribers (hard data)
Internet users (hard data)
Internet access in schools
Business Usage All None
Prevalence of foreign technology licensing
Firm-level technology absorption
Capacity for innovation
Extent of business Internet use
Creative industries exports (hard data)
Utility patents (hard data)
High-tech exports (hard data)
Government Usage All None
Government success in ICT promotion
Government Online Service Index (hard data)
ICT use and government efficiency
Presence of ICT in government agencies
E-Participation Index (hard data)