SOME EVOLUTIONS OF THE ROMANIAN IT MARKET

Laura Cătălina Ţimiraş

doi:10.29358/sceco.v0i22.338

Abstract

IT market in Romania registered a positive trend, estimations regarding the evolution for the next period indicating the same trend. This development was implicit in conjunction with the growing interest of population and organizations for getting the economic and social benefits offered by information technology, the expansion of the market and the increasing in the use IT by organizations and population empowering reciprocally. In this context, the contribution of the industry of "Information and communications" has increased in overall macroeconomic indicators and in the total employed population at the national level.

Highlights

Introduction "Information and Communication Technology" (ICT) is one of those sectors with huge development potential, this being evidenced by the statistics indicators, and in the same time constituting both development objective of national and European strategies and programs
Under the EU Cohesion Policy for the period 2014 - 2020, drafted by the European Commission, represents a necessity directing the investments towards four key areas for economic growth and jobs creation, here including the ICT; achieving the strategic objectives assumes among other things: "Continuing the transition to innovative uses of ICT by businesses, citizens and public administrations, such as the provision of electronic services in health, in the public sector (e-government), in SMEs (e-learning, e-business), coordination of resource efficiency in urban areas (Smart Cities) and preservation of cultural heritage through digitization, enhancing digital literacy, elearning, e-inclusion and related entrepreneurial e-skills "
Contribution of "Information and communications" branch in achieving macroeconomic indicators According to data for the period 2010-2014, in Romania, the contribution of ICT to macroeconomic indicators grew from 4.9% to 6.6%

Summary

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Introduction "Information and Communication Technology" (ICT) is one of those sectors with huge development potential, this being evidenced by the statistics indicators, and in the same time constituting both development objective of national and European strategies and programs. Contribution of "Information and communications" branch in achieving macroeconomic indicators According to data for the period 2010-2014, in Romania, the contribution of ICT to macroeconomic indicators (gross added value to the national economy) grew from 4.9% to 6.6%. This increase occurred on a background of positive developments in. The total gross added value of all industries, the dynamics registered by "Information and Telecommunications" (+ 58.4% in 2014 compared to 2010), outpacing the average in the national economy (+ 17% in 2014 compared to 2010). (Table 1 and Fig. 1)

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