Use Of Ict Sector In Order To Improve And Develop Competitiveness Of Eastern Croatian Economy

The aim of this paper is to present the current state of ICT sector in eastern Croatia, and to evaluate or determine the possible future developments. More detailed will be analyzed the number of businesses, labor force participation, level of education within the sector as well as the trends that arise from them. For the purpose of the work will be analyzed eastern Croatian economy in terms of the representation of information and communication sector. Using ICT industry economic indicators show a possibly significant ICT sector influence on economic growth and productivity in eastern Croatian economy. In this paper will also be compared the size of eastern Croatian GDP with number of ICT firms, average salaries in this sector and number of broadband Internet connection. The rapid development of information and communication technologies led to significant changes in the structure of economic activity both in the world and in Croatia. A high level presence of the ICT industry sector and new technologies are characterization of economy based on innovation with a high degree of competitiveness. With Croatian entering the European Union, a new opportunity and incentive for rapid development of information and communication sector came up. In the last ten years, the number of Internet users, personal, portable and mobile computers has multiple increased and the Croatian companies in the reference period have invested significant resources in technological equipment, and thus significantly expanded infrastructure platform for the further development of the economy but the question is: is that enough for needed economic growth?