Digitalization in leadership practice requires broader research. Today’s economic leaders must be in line with the global mindset in supporting a culture of innovation. The purpose of this study is to investigate the digital leadership capabilities of the G20 countries in terms of digital readiness, innovation, and competitiveness 4.0 and to determine the relationship between these variables. The global digital readiness index 2019 (Cisco 2020) was utilized to obtain data on digital readiness (X), the global innovation index (Cornell University et al. 2019) was applied for the data collection on innovation (Y1), and the global competitiveness 4.0 index (WEF 2019) was used to obtain data on competitiveness 4.0 (Y2). All data were cross-sectional for the year 2019. Digital readiness consists of basic needs, human resources, ease of doing business, business and government investment, start-up environment, technology infrastructure, and technology adoption. The components of innovation are institutions, human capital and research, infrastructure, market sophistication, business sophistication, knowledge and technology outputs, and creative outputs. Competitiveness 4.0 is about institutions, infrastructure, ICT adoption, macroeconomic stability, health, skills, product market, labor market, financial system, market size, business dynamism, and innovation capability. We found that G20 countries had the digital leadership capability in digital readiness, innovation, and competitiveness 4.0. The G20 countries were leaders in global digitalization. Some of them were consistent in digital readiness and innovation. Some were consistent in digital readiness and competitiveness 4.0, and some others were consistent in their 4.0 innovation and competitiveness 4.0. Digital readiness, innovation, and competitiveness 4.0 positively related to each other.

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G20国家/地区经济体中的数字领导力：一项辅助研究

领导实践中的数字化需要更广泛的研究。当今的经济领导者必须与支持创新文化的全球思维保持一致。这项研究的目的是研究20国集团在数字就绪度，创新性和竞争力4.0方面的数字领导能力，并确定这些变量之间的关系。利用全球数字就绪指数2019（Cisco 2020）获取有关数字就绪（X）的数据，使用全球创新指数（Cornell University等人2019）进行有关创新的数据收集（Y1）和全球竞争力使用4.0指数（WEF 2019）获得关于竞争力4.0（Y2）的数据。所有数据均为2019年的横断面。数字就绪状态包括基本需求，人力资源，经商难易程度，商业和政府投资，启动环境，技术基础架构以及技术采用情况。创新的组成部分是机构，人力资本和研究，基础设施，市场成熟度，业务成熟度，知识和技术产出以及创意产出。竞争力4.0与机构，基础设施，信息通信技术的采用，宏观经济稳定，健康，技能，产品市场，劳动力市场，金融体系，市场规模，业务活力和创新能力有关。我们发现，二十国集团（G20）国家在数字就绪，创新和竞争力4.0方面具有数字领导能力。20国集团（G20）国家是全球数字化的领导者。其中一些在数字准备和创新方面是一致的。有些在数字就绪度和竞争力4.0方面是一致的，其他一些在4.0创新和竞争力4.0方面保持一致。数字就绪性，创新性和竞争力4.0相互之间正相关。