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<p>The position of information and communication technology (ICT) services is growing in the European Union (EU) trade, however to different extend in different EU countries. The article aims to identify trade positions of the EU Member States in intra-EU trade and extra-EU trade in ICT services and to assess changes that have taken place in the years 2013–2018. The importance of the EU Member States in trade in ICT services is assessed, followed by the analysis of their trade positions in terms of selected indices. We discovered that countries of the highest importance for the intra-EU and extra-EU trade in ICT services are not holding the best positions in trade in this area, except for Ireland. Additionally, leaders in ICT services trade do better in extra-EU trade rankings than in the EU Internal Market, since the distance does not matter to business operations consequent to the digitalization of economic activities.</p>
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The position of information and communication technology (ICT) services is growing in the European Union (EU) trade, however to different extend in different EU countries. The article aims to identify trade positions of the EU Member States in intra-EU trade and extra-EU trade in ICT services and to assess changes that have taken place in the years 2013–2018. The importance of the EU Member States in trade in ICT services is assessed, followed by the analysis of their trade positions in terms of selected indices. We discovered that countries of the highest importance for the intra-EU and extra-EU trade in ICT services are not holding the best positions in trade in this area, except for Ireland. Additionally, leaders in ICT services trade do better in extra-EU trade rankings than in the EU Internal Market, since the distance does not matter to business operations consequent to the digitalization of economic activities.

Intra-EU vs. extra-EU trade in ICT services

International Journal of Management and Economics

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The position of information and communication technology (ICT) services is growing in the European Union (EU) trade, however to different extend in different...

Intra-EU vs. extra-EU trade in ICT services

Article Category: Empirical Paper

Published Online: Mar 03, 2021

Page range: 34 - 43

Received: Nov 12, 2020

Accepted: Jan 21, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2021-0001

Keywords
ICT services, extra-EU trade, intra-EU trade, services trade, RSCA

© 2021 Joanna Stefaniak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Intra-EU vs. extra-EU trade in ICT services

Article Category: Empirical Paper

Published Online: Mar 03, 2021

Page range: 34 - 43

Received: Nov 12, 2020

Accepted: Jan 21, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2021-0001

KeywordsICT services, extra-EU trade, intra-EU trade, services trade, RSCA

© 2021 Joanna Stefaniak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
ICT services, extra-EU trade, intra-EU trade, services trade, RSCA