Mountain Index Business Model Nexus Internet of Things Development andSustainability

The paper proposes an aggregate index for a model regarding mountain business development through the Internet of Things (IoT) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The paper presents an aggregate index, built from unequal indices, which sustains the business development model in the mountain area, primarily through ICT and IoT. The proposed model is predictive. The paper contains relevant data related to the Eurostat index Business Demography and activities of ICT and IoT for some European mountain areas. Data have been processed and simulated in Excel, SPSS, and Make fractal software. The article performed exploratory and quantitative analysis, using statistics and forecasting techniques based on ANOVA. The indicator, the first in the specific literature, and its application developed a considerable model of the mountain business, in the 2022 context, declared by the United Nations as the” International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development”