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Research article

Assessing the Digital Economy in Business: A Systematic Approach to Digital Potential, Maturity, and Performance Management

Published 2026-06-07

  • Tsyganov Alexander
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  • Mickiewicz Bartosz

Tsyganov Alexander
International Institute of Management and Business image/svg+xml

Mickiewicz Bartosz
University College of Professional Education image/svg+xml

Abstract

Focusing on innovative economic progress, this research sorts out practical evaluation ways to measure firms’ digital potential. It first sorts available evaluation tools for corporate digital shift, digital capacity and maturity, then picks out core measuring metrics. Digital potential covers firms’ ICT adoption, data security management and the overhaul of routine workflows and operating modes. This study builds a four-part evaluation system concerning organizational digital reform, intellectual resources, client communication and external market surroundings. Well-known international maturity frameworks mostly evaluate digital progress from strategy, internal culture, daily operation, technical equipment and consumer service. According to cross-border statistics, Nordic nations plus Belgium and Germany own outstanding corporate digital levels; Hungary, Czech Republic and Sweden gain high added value from local ICT industries. Real digital success relies on equipment upgrade as well as cultural adjustment, model renewal and staff digital skill training. This paper sorts mixed qualitative and quantitative evaluation approaches as its core innovation. The customized evaluation framework fits food and high-tech enterprises to judge digital status and make upgrade plans, helping businesses judge transformation readiness, arrange investment and set industrial development targets.

Keywords

Digital economy, Digital transformation, Innovative development, Industry 4.0, Industrial enterprise

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