Digital_Ranking_Report_2021

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES NETHERLANDS

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 3 3 3 3 4 32 31 36 29 28 18 16 19 16 16

Talent

Scientific concentration Training & education

Talent

Training & education

Scientific concentration Total expenditure on R&D (%) Total R&D personnel per capita

Rank

Rank

Rank

Employee training

Educational assessment PISA - Math 8

9

16

u International experience

Total public expenditure on education

3 4 8

24

9

20 w

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

51 28 10 11 24

Management of cities

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

25 57 28

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

6 w

Digital/Technological skills

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

High-tech patent grants

Net flow of international students

6

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 9 10 6 11 7 5 7 5 2 3 14 14 10 12 10

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Regulatory framework

Capital

Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers

Rank

Rank

Rank

13 u

Starting a business

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

4 6

6

w Enforcing contracts

45

15 35

11 w

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

Immigration laws

4

8 u

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

1 4

9 8

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

12

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

6 w

Investment in Telecommunications

45

15

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 5 7 9 6 6 7 12 7 7 8 3 7 3 5 6

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

IT integration E-Government

Rank

Rank

Rank

E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession

9 6

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

14

10

20 u

Public-private partnerships

2

14 24

Agility of companies

15 17

Cyber security Software piracy

21 13

Smartphone possession

Use of big data and analytics Knowledge transfer Entrepreneurial fear of failure

6 u

Attitudes toward globalization

2 4

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IMD WORLD DI G I TAL COMPET I T I VENESS RANK ING 2021