## 4 Results
Furthermore, [PERSON]'s alpha values (0.909), composite reliability (0.942), and average variance extracted (0.844) for the latent variable, Digital Economy and Society Index, are high across all six models. Table A3 (see Appendix A) presents the discriminant matrices for models 12-17 and the SRMR. Figure 4: Models for the direct and indirect influence of DESI on SDG12-SDG17. Source: author’s design using SmartPLS v3.0. Through bootstrapping with a significance level of 0.05 and conducting two-tailed tests, we determined the direct and indirect effects from models 12-17 (Table A6 in Appendix B). Analyzing the direct and indirect effects from Table A6 reveals several significant relationships between emerging technologies, economic performance, and progress toward SDGs in EU countries. Hypothesis H1, suggesting a significant positive impact of emerging technologies measured through the DESI on SDG progress in EU countries, is partially supported by the model results. Only models 16 and 17 indicate a significant positive influence of the DESI on GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions and GOAL 17: Partnerships. Models 14 and 15 show non-significant relationships, while models 12 and 13 indicate significant but negative relationships between the DESI and GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, and GOAL 13: Climate Action. Table 2 summarizes the DESI components' direct influences on the indices associated with SDG1-SDG17 and the general SDG index. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c} \hline  & **Original** & **Sample** & **Standard** & **T** & **\(p\) Values** \\  & **Sample** & **Mean** & **Deviation** & **Statistics** & \(p\) Values** \\ \hline Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) Sustainable & 0.624 & 0.62 & 0.069 & 8.983 & 0.000 \\ Development Goals Index & 0.262 & 0.262 & 0.092 & 2.849 & 0.005 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 1: No Poverty & \(-\)0.145 & \(-\)0.154 & 0.087 & 1.662 & 0.097 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 2: Zero Hunger & 0.553 & 0.55 & 0.043 & 12.857 & 0.000 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being & 0.527 & 0.526 & 0.056 & 9.341 & 0.000 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 4: Quality Education & 0.665 & 0.664 & 0.063 & 10.605 & 0.000 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 5: Gender Equality & 0.250 & 0.255 & 0.106 & 2.367 & 0.018 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation & 0.640 & 0.638 & 0.067 & 9.511 & 0.000 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy & 0.325 & 0.318 & 0.059 & 5.541 & 0.000 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth & 0.548 & 0.543 & 0.06 & 9.106 & 0.000 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure & 0.440 & 0.437 & 0.055 & 8.008 & 0.000 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality & 0.339 & 0.336 & 0.053 & 6.438 & 0.000 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production & \(-\)0.387 & \(-\)0.39 & 0.053 & 7 284 & 0.000 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 13: Climate Action & \(-\)0.247 & \(-\)0.246 & 0.06 & 4.083 & 0.000 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 14: Life Below Water & 0.155 & 0.153 & 0.111 & 1.397 & 0.163 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 15: Life on Land & 0.112 & 0.106 & 0.069 & 1.616 & 0.107 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions & 0.458 & 0.46 & 0.076 & 6.007 & 0.000 \\ Economic performance \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions & 0.344 & 0.344 & 0.046 & 7.546 & 0.000 \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal & 0.398 & 0.4 & 0.069 & 5.762 & 0.000 \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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