Bringing It All Together: The Digital Town Readiness Framework

Theo Lynn (), Pierangelo Rosati (), Edel Conway (), Declan Curran, Grace Fox () and Colm O’Gorman ()
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Theo Lynn: Dublin City University
Pierangelo Rosati: Dublin City University
Edel Conway: Dublin City University
Colm O’Gorman: Dublin City University

Chapter Chapter 9 in Digital Towns, 2022, pp 165-206 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Digital technologies are an increasingly important part of societies and economies. International benchmarks suggest that countries and cities worldwide are progressing in their digitalisation efforts. Unfortunately, some parts of society and the economy are under-represented in extant measurement frameworks and composite indices and are in danger of being left behind. This chapter presents an integrated framework for measuring and benchmarking the evolution and development of digital towns. The Digital Town Readiness Framework can be used to obtain an initial characterisation and understanding of key sectors and enabling infrastructure in smaller and rural towns, develop plans for the digital transformation of towns, and benchmark progress against regional, national and international indicators. Methodology and implementation considerations are also presented.

Keywords: Measurement framework; Digital towns; Composite indices; Digital transformation; Digitalisation indicators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91247-5_9

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