Digital economy in Serbia: Results and prospects

Abstract

The paper considers the results of the digital economy building in Serbia. It begins from the opinion generally accepted in the modern science that ICT (information and communication technologies) are important drivers, which ?enables? technologies that have a broad impact on many sectors of the economy and social life. In this framework, the measuring the level of ICT development, their economic and social impact, and the country?s readiness to use them must be of great importance. In the first part of the paper some indicators of the use of ICT technologies in Serbia are presented. Further, we present some data of the ICT sector of Serbian economy (number of employees, share in the GDP, foreign trade and foreign direct investments, as well the number of companies). On the basis of such indicators Serbia can be classified as an ?emerging leader? (?????????). At the end we present the results of a research (Goloventchik and Zhyrkevich), in which the composite index of the digital transformation was constructed on the basis of nine broad used indicators.