Measuring the Efficiency of Introducing Businesses’ Digitalization Elements over Time in Relation to Their Performance †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Data and Methodology
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Valid N | Median 2019 | Median 2021 | Median 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|
E-commerce sales | 27 | 20.8 | 22.60 | 23.5 |
Use of computers and the Internet by employees | 27 | 47.20 | 53.00 | 59.9 |
Types of connections to the Internet | 27 | 94.00 | 94.80 | 94.8 |
Websites and functionalities | 27 | 78.70 | 77.90 | 77.1 |
Social media use by type, Internet advertising | 27 | 51.50 | 58.10 | 60.8 |
Cloud computing services | 27 | 33.30 | 40.40 | 46.5 |
Cash/Firm Value | 27 | 10.22 | 5.12 | 5.27 |
Enterprise Value/EBIT | 27 | 16.23 | 16.41 | 14.33 |
Enterprise Value/Sales | 27 | 2.22 | 2.22 | 1.77 |
Variable | Valid N | Mean | Median | Minimum | Maximum | Std. Dev. |
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Malmquist index 19_23 | 27 | 3.23 | 2.54 | 0.78 | 11.83 | 2.54 |
Malmquist index 21_23 | 27 | 1.27 | 1.18 | 0.96 | 2.04 | 0.22 |
Frontier shift 19_23 | 27 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.40 | 1.37 | 0.26 |
Frontier shift 21_23 | 27 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.81 | 1.61 | 0.16 |
Efficiency change 19_23 | 27 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.43 | 1.37 | 0.26 |
Efficiency change 21_23 | 27 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.81 | 1.61 | 0.16 |
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Horváthová, J.; Mokrišová, M. Measuring the Efficiency of Introducing Businesses’ Digitalization Elements over Time in Relation to Their Performance. Eng. Proc. 2024, 68, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024068013
Horváthová J, Mokrišová M. Measuring the Efficiency of Introducing Businesses’ Digitalization Elements over Time in Relation to Their Performance. Engineering Proceedings. 2024; 68(1):13. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024068013
Chicago/Turabian StyleHorváthová, Jarmila, and Martina Mokrišová. 2024. "Measuring the Efficiency of Introducing Businesses’ Digitalization Elements over Time in Relation to Their Performance" Engineering Proceedings 68, no. 1: 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024068013