Digital_Ranking_Report_2021

FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

AUSTRIA

u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses

KNOWLEDGE

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 12 12 12 12 15 4 7 8 12 5 21 18 14 14 15

Talent

Scientific concentration Training & education

Talent

Training & education

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

Rank

Rank

Rank

Educational assessment PISA - Math 22 u

1 u 30 u

Employee training

6 6

Total public expenditure on education

International experience

21 18

Higher education achievement

Female researchers

Foreign highly-skilled personnel

36

44 49 15 22 10

14 u

2 w

Management of cities

Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education)

R&D productivity by publication Scientific and technical employment

Digital/Technological skills

45

Graduates in Sciences Women with degrees

8

u Net flow of international students

High-tech patent grants

5

36

Robots in Education and R&D

TECHNOLOGY

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 25 24 25 24 26 38 38 34 30 32 22 21 31 33 38

Technological framework Regulatory framework Capital

Regulatory framework

Capital

Technological framework Communications technology Mobile Broadband subscribers

Rank

Rank

Rank

w Starting a business

53 10 47 24 17

IT & media stock market capitalization Funding for technological development

42 19 21 12 38 60

39 33 30 27 41 36

Enforcing contracts

w Immigration laws

Banking and financial services

Wireless broadband

Country credit rating

Internet users

Development & application of tech.

Scientific research legislation Intellectual property rights

Venture capital

Internet bandwidth speed High-tech exports (%)

11 w

Investment in Telecommunications

FUTURE READINESS

Subfactors

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 25 25 29 21 21 8 5 25 21 18 9 10 15 9 11

Adaptive attitudes Business agility

IT integration

Adaptive attitudes

Business agility

E-Government IT integration

Rank

Rank

Rank

E-Participation Internet retailing Tablet possession

6

Opportunities and threats World robots distribution

19 23 17 27 17 22

15 35

16 17 33 51

Public-private partnerships

Agility of companies

Cyber security Software piracy

6 6

Smartphone possession

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

w Attitudes toward globalization

53

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