Affiliation:
1. Centre for Mountain Economy, CBM International University
2. Zealandina Agency, CBM International Univ & Hyperion University
Abstract
Abstract
The paper proposes an aggregate index for systemic practice regarding mountain business development through the Internet of Things (IoT) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The paper presents an aggregate index, build from unequal indices, which sustain systemic practice of the business development in the mountain area, especially through ICT and IoT. The proposed model is predictive. The paper contains relevant data related to the Eurostat index Business Demography and activities of ICT and IoT for some European mountain areas. Data have been processed and simulated in Excel, SPSS, and Make fractal software. The article performed exploratory and quantitative analysis, using statistics and forecasting techniques based on ANOVA. The indicator, the first in the specific literature and its application, develop considerably systemic practice of the mountain business in Europe, in the 2022 context, declared by the United Nations as the ”International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development”.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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