Interesting Snippets

PAGE 138: In the EU15 in 2011, excluding the financial sector, more than 46% of employees used a computer connected to the Internet at work. Iceland is leading the trend within the OECD: in 2005 nearly half of all employees in companies were connected to the Internet, and by 2011 nearly all employees had an Internet connection at work. The use of Internet-connected computers at work is particularly high in the Nordic countries (Figure 4.8). Similarly, in Korea in 2009 three out of five employees used the Internet for work (NIA, 2010). In Canada, 52% of private sector employees already had access to the Internet in 2002 (Statistics Canada, 2003)

PAGE 14: In 2003, less than four out of ten companies had broadband access in the EU15; by 2009, this proportion had increased to nine firms out of ten. At the end of 2011, nearly all companies in OECD countries were connected to the Internet. In two thirds of OECD countries, more than 95% of the companies use the Internet, with only a small proportion of the smallest businesses not yet connected; in 2010, only 5.7% of small firms (10-49 employees) in the EU25 were not accessing the Internet

PAGE 14: In 2010, on average, 35% of all businesses with ten or more persons employed used the Internet for purchasing, and only 18% for selling goods and services

PAGE 149: Companies generated more than 4% of their turnover through sales via a website in approximately one third of OECD countries in 2011

PAGE 150: In 2011, 10 countries reported that over 80% of firms used the Internet to return completed forms to public authorities. In two thirds of OECD countries, 70% of firms supply forms electronically (Figure 4.20). The ultimate goal of public authorities is to move to a fully electronic process to take advantage of efficiency gains and improve the process for companies

Via OECD Internet Economy Outlook 2012 report