3. •“What is the importance of the
internet economy to the Dutch
economy?”
•Four aims:
• Determine a pragmatic definition of “the internet economy”
• Show the importance and size of the internet economy in NL
• Show the possibilities of new measurement methods with big
data
• Explain differences from regular statistics/concepts
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4. Dataprovider dataset: 2.5 million Dutch websites
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•Country, address, company name, Chamber of
Commerce number, taks number, phone number, e-
mail, …..
Business
information
•eCommerce probability, shopping cart software,
delivery services, payment methods, products,
prices,…
eCommerce
• Title, description, keywords, category,
language, author….Content
• Marketing, social media, links,
technical and hosting information, …Other
5. Definition of the internet economy
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Online stores according
to eCommerce
variables
Online services or
internet related ICT
according to keyword
analysis
Businesses with a
website that do not
belong to category C, D
or E
Businesses without a
website
14. Future plans
• Improve method by using machine learning/Artificial
Intelligence and additional data sources.
• Obtain time series for several years
• Repeat the study in other countries -> Germany & UK
• Turn into regular statistics?
•For more information:
•https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_pdf/2016/40/measuring-the-internet-
economy.pdf?la=nl-nl
•b.rooijakkers@cbs.nl
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