Worldwide e-business spending will reach $78 billion in 2002. The United States will account for $32.8 billion of the worldwide total. European countries will spend $22.9 billion, Asia/Pacific will spend $18.2 billion, and Latin American countries will spend $2.2 billion.
The following figure shows projected worldwide e-business spending for 2002. E-business spending is comprised of the following:
Software and hardware that enables e-business processes.
- Outside services to develop or provide e-business processes and applications.
- In-house technology staff assigned to develop or provide e-business processes and applications.
Figure 1: Worldwide E-Business Technology Spending Projections 2002 (U.S. $Billions)
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Total |
Technology |
Outside |
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Spending |
Staff |
Services |
Software |
Hardware |
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Large U.S. Organizations |
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Agriculture |
$0.0077 |
$0.0017 |
$0.0011 |
$0.0013 |
$0.0036 |
Communications |
0.6447 |
0.1299 |
0.0998 |
0.0956 |
0.3194 |
Construction |
0.1447 |
0.0205 |
0.0374 |
0.0305 |
0.0564 |
Discrete Manufacturing |
1.8667 |
0.5273 |
0.1016 |
0.3499 |
0.8880 |
Federal Government |
1.8288 |
0.7146 |
0.5751 |
0.1541 |
0.3851 |
Financial Services |
4.9645 |
1.8350 |
0.6726 |
0.5140 |
1.9428 |
Health Services |
0.5193 |
0.2546 |
0.0450 |
0.0828 |
0.1369 |
Hotels & Lodging |
0.0860 |
0.0298 |
0.0235 |
0.0104 |
0.0223 |
Insurance |
0.6638 |
0.1954 |
0.0838 |
0.1464 |
0.2382 |
Natural Resources |
0.0229 |
0.0091 |
0.0041 |
0.0029 |
0.0069 |
Process Manufacturing |
2.8335 |
0.8836 |
0.2362 |
0.4995 |
1.2142 |
Retail Distribution |
4.3506 |
1.0003 |
0.2876 |
0.8324 |
2.2303 |
Professional/Services |
2.7332 |
0.7604 |
0.2679 |
0.5739 |
1.1311 |
State & Local Government |
0.3015 |
0.1067 |
0.0515 |
0.0448 |
0.0985 |
Transportation |
0.4062 |
0.1144 |
0.0504 |
0.0619 |
0.1795 |
Utilities |
0.3309 |
0.0399 |
0.0435 |
0.0542 |
0.1933 |
Wholesale Distribution |
1.4844 |
0.1726 |
0.1904 |
0.2595 |
0.8619 |
Total Large U.S. Organizations |
23.1893 |
6.7957 |
2.7714 |
3.7139 |
9.9083 |
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Small U.S. Organizations |
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10-100 Employees |
6.6260 |
1.9809 |
0.9033 |
1.8489 |
1.8929 |
1-9 Employees |
3.0210 |
0.2707 |
0.5496 |
1.2580 |
0.9427 |
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