Digital Entrepreneurship, detailed data, Slovenia, 2018

The rate of digitization of enterprises with at least 10 persons employed in 2018

In 2018, 42% of enterprises in Slovenia have a low, 32% a very low, 23% a high and 3% a very high digital intensity index. The index is calculated on the basis of 12 indicators used to monitor the ICT usage in enterprises.

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The purpose of digitization is to connect individual business processes in the enterprises – from paperless business, automation of processes to connecting systems and devices. The rate of digitization of enterprises with at least 10 persons employed is monitored by the digital intensity index, which consists of 12 indicators used to monitor the use of ICT in enterprises in an individual year. According to the number of elements they meet, enterprises are classified into four groups: enterprises with very low, low, high and very high digital intensity index.

Most enterprises have a low digital intensity index


In 2018 most enterprises with at least 10 persons employed have a low digital intensity index (42%); 32% of enterprises have a very low, 23% a high and 3% a very high digital intensity index.

As regards the enterprise size (number of persons employed), most of the small enterprises have a low digital intensity index (41%), most of the medium-sized enterprises have a low digital intensity index (46%), while most of the large enterprises have a high digital intensity index (49%).


Indicators for monitoring the digital intensity index in 2018:


Enterprises in which more than half of persons employed use computers with Internet access for business purposes


In 46% of enterprises with at least 10 persons employed more than 50% of persons employed use computers with Internet access for business purposes.

As regards the enterprise size, the share is the highest among small enterprises; in 47% of those enterprises more than 50% of persons employed use computers with Internet access for business purposes. The share in medium-sized enterprises and large enterprises is 43%.

Enterprises employing ICT specialists


20% of enterprises employ ICT specialists; 14% of small, 42% of medium-sized and 84% of large enterprises.

8% of enterprises recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialist in 2017. Of those 65% had vacancies for ICT specialists that were difficult to fill.

Maximum contracted download speed of the fastest fixed Internet connection is at least 30 Mbit/s


40% of enterprises had maximum contracted downloaded speed of the fastest fixed Internet connection at least 30 Mbit/s.

Most enterprises (36%) have maximum contracted download speed of the fastest fixed Internet connection at least 10 but less than 30 Mbit/s. 21% of enterprises have this speed at least 30 but less than 100 Mbit/s and 19% of enterprises at least 100 Mbit/s.

Enterprises provided more than 20% of the persons employed with a portable device that allows a mobile connection to the Internet for business use


42% of enterprises provided more than a fifth of their persons employed with a portable device that allows a mobile connection to the Internet.

79% of enterprises provided to their persons employed a portable device that allows a mobile connection to the Internet, e.g. laptop or tablet computer or mobile phone. Enterprises provided portable devices that allow a mobile connection to the Internet to 23% of their persons employed.

Enterprises have a website


84% of enterprises with at least 10 persons employed are present on the Internet with either their own website or on the website of the mother enterprise; 81% of small, 95% of medium-sized and all large enterprises.

Enterprise website provides at least one of the advanced functionalities


81% of enterprises provide one of the following functionalities on the website: provide description of goods or services, price lists on the website (81%), make it possible for visitors to customise or design online goods or services (4%), enable tracking the status of orders placed on the website (6%), and provide personalised content on the website for regular or recurrent visitors (3%).

Enterprise website has links or reference to the enterprise social media profile


34% of enterprises have a website with links or references to the enterprise social media profiles, e.g. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter; 31% of small, 42% of medium-sized and 67% of large enterprises.

Enterprises purchase medium or high cloud computing services


17% of enterprises purchase medium or high cloud computing services, i.e. at least one of the following services: hosting the enterprise database (10%), finance or accounting software applications (9%), customer relationship management (CRM) (5%) and computing power to run enterprise's own software (7%).

Enterprises were sending e-invoices for automated processing to other enterprises or public authorities in the previous year

In 2017, 62% of enterprises were sending invoices in standard structure suitable for automated processing (e-invoices) in the previous year.

Of all the invoices they sent in 2017, the majority of enterprises (70%) sent out less than 10% as e-invoices; 14% sent at least 10% but less than 25% e-invoices, 9% at least 25% but less than 50%, 4% at least 50% but less than 75% and 3% at least 75% of all invoices as e-invoices.

93% of enterprises sent e-invoices to public authorities, 47% to other enterprises and 7% to private consumers.

Enterprises pay to advertise on the Internet


22% of enterprises in Slovenia pay to advertise on the Internet, e.g. advertisements on search engines, on social media (Facebook, Google, YouTube, etc.) or on other websites. As regards the enterprise size, 21% of small, 22% of medium-sized and 40% of large enterprises.

20% of enterprises use the method of targeted advertising that is based on webpages content or on keywords searched by users (contextual advertising), and 7% the method that is based on the tracking of Internet users’ past activities or profile (targeted advertising) and based on the geolocation of Internet users (location-based advertising). One percent of enterprises use other methods of targeted advertising on the Internet.

Enterprises generated at least 1% of their turnover in the previous year via computer networks – with orders via websites or via electronic data interchange (EDI)


In 2017, 18% of enterprises generated at least 1% of their turnover with orders via computer networks (website or EDI-type messages).

25% of enterprises generated part of their turnover via computer networks; 21% via website (own or e-commerce market places) and 6% via electronic data interchange. Enterprises generated via computer networks 17.5% of their turnover (excluding VAT) in 2017.

Enterprises generated more than 1% of their turnover via web sales and more than 10% of their web sales to private customers


In 2017, 7% of enterprises generated more than 1% of their turnover in the previous year with web sales and at the same time web sales to private customers represented more than 10% of their web sales.

Enterprises generated 2.4% of their turnover (excluding VAT) with web sales.

More data for 2018 in the SI-STAT Database


More detailed data on the usage of 3D printing, robotics, purchase of cloud computing services, big data analysis, e-commerce, etc., for 2018 are published in the SI-STAT Database.

METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
The published data are estimates derived from the survey on the sample which represents enterprises with at least 10 persons employed.
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