Oz Outfits Go MIA On Web Sites – But IT Investment Up


	Stats’ Summary of IT Use and Innovation in Australian Business report says, however, that the value of e-commerce in the Australian economy leapt 8.2 per cent from $246 billion in 2012-13 to $267 billion in 2013-14. According to the report, the proportion of businesses that received orders via the Internet rose three percent to 33 percent. However, standout figures show just 47.1 percent of Australian businesses have an online presence- steady with last year. And a large percentage (63 percent) of micro-businesses with four staff or less and small businesses with 5-19 staff (41.9 percent) don’t have a Web presence.Even among medium-sized enterprises – those with between 20 and 199 employees – around 19pc are not present online. Despite the poor online presence, there was a large year-on-year upswing in the number of companies investing in IT. The figures show 42.5 percent of Australian businesses had introduced some form of digital business innovation during 2013-14, up from 36.6 percent during 2012-13. Nearly a quarter introduced new digital goods and services, while the percentage of businesses now developing some form of digital business innovation jumped to 24.7 percent, up from 22.8 percent a year earlier.