DENMARK AND COPENHAGEN
FIGURE 7 SHARE OF ICT PROFESSIONALS IN THE TOTAL WORKFORCE IN EU27, 21.
7% 6%
Source: Empirical calculations based on Eurostat Labour Force Survey, 2011
4.3.3 Use of Networks The use of networks and relevant
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ICT SME REPORT
3.000 2.500 2.000 1.500
0
2.878
50
2.717
1.000
2010
2011
2.878
4.4
FIGURE 9
ICT SMES
NUMBER OF ICT SMEs40
The number of ICT SMEs per million inhabitants was approximately 2,900 in 2011. This was a minor increase compared with 2010. Furthermore, the number of ICT SMEs was approximately 5.8 percent of all SME’s in Denmark in 2011. All in all, there were approximately 16,000 ITC SMEs in Denmark in 2011 and approximately 277,000 SMEs in total.
300.000 250.000
5,8 %
Based on studies by World Economic Forum in 2013, Denmark ranked in the network readiness index at an overall 8th place with a score of 5.58, yet is only 4th among the Nordic countries. Down four places from the previous year, the country worsened its ranking in almost two-thirds of the indicators comprising the Network Readiness Index, however the level of networked readiness remains quite good overall. On a global comparison level, Denmark tops the individual usage score, boasting some of the highest rates of Internet usage (6th), households with personal computers (6th), broadband Internet subscriptions (3rd), and mobile broadband subscriptions (6th).
NUMBER OF ICT SMEs per milion of inhabitants 39
200.000 150.000 100.000 50.000 0
94,2 %
According to a survey conducted by the European Schoolnet, more than 80 percent of Danish 8th grade students have broadband connection of more than 10 mbps. In comparison, this only applies to less than 40 percent of the EU 8th grade students38.
In terms of non-financial support, we have been extremely satisfied with the support we have received from the Danish consulate in Chicago, which should really be exposed as a best practice example. They have offered us a large number of growth based initiatives and they are generally a super professional incubator for our company in the Chicago region.”
FIGURE 8
5,5 %
New data on mobile use of the internet shows that in Denmark, a total of 61 percent of the population accessed the Internet via mobile devices in 2012, one of the highest rates along with Luxembourg, Sweden, and the UK and well above the EU average of 36 percent. In the same manner, 63 percent of the companies in Denmark provided their employees with portable devices to access the Internet in 2012, which put Denmark amongst the top countries together with the Czech Republic and Finland, and well above the EU average of 48 percent.
acquaintances have been considered as one of the most important aspects for an SME by all of our interviewees, both in terms of establishing customer contacts, but also very much in terms of support and advice regarding entrepreneurial barriers.
94,5 %
account for a small 6 percent which is well below the EU average of 22 percent.
2010
2011
Number of SMEs not ICTs Number of ICT SMEs
GREECE
LITHUANIA
ROMANIA
PORTUGAL
CYPRUS
BULGARIA
LATVIA
POLAND
ITALY
SPAIN
GERMANY
FRANCE
EU
AUSTRIA
NETHERLANDS
HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
IRELAND
BELGIUM
DENMARK
ESTONIA
SLOVAKIA
0%
MALTA
1%
SWEDEN
2%
FINLAND
3%
LUXEMBOURG
4%
UNITED KINGDOM
5%