The readiness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) for the digitalization of industry: Evidence from the Czech Republic

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2021/n4/13krajcik.pdf" target="_blank" >https://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2021/n4/13krajcik.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.46544/AMS.v26i4.13" target="_blank" >10.46544/AMS.v26i4.13</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The readiness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) for the digitalization of industry: Evidence from the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper examines the introduction of elements and processes of the digital economy in SMEs in the Czech Republic. The article analyses the factors of their preparedness for the digitization of industry in the context of changes in the global economy, and it scrutinizes the principal advantages, shortcomings, opportunities and obstacles that SMEs perceive in preparing and implementing changes in line with the Industry 5.0 initiative. The research into this preparedness was carried out in the form of both a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews. They were conducted in two phases (November 2018 to January 2019 and January 2021). The respondent sample was selected by a proportional representation of industrial SMEs in the given regions and iron and mining industries with data provided by the Czech Statistical Office, and finally, 240 SMEs were investigated for the research purpose. The research shows that awareness of the digitization of the economy in SMEs in the Czech Republic (Industry I-5.0 initiative) is not the highest. The transition to a digital economy in these enterprises has been slow. Sufficient tools have not been developed in time to support their manufacturing and economic activities, to implement and safeguard the digitization of their production, nor have any real measures been created to enforce Industry 5.0 priorities, including digital administration. This research also formulates key recommendations for executive bodies in the Czech Republic. All this is in order to establish interventions in the sector of industrial SMEs so that digitization processes and standards in this sector might be strengthened.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The readiness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) for the digitalization of industry: Evidence from the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper examines the introduction of elements and processes of the digital economy in SMEs in the Czech Republic. The article analyses the factors of their preparedness for the digitization of industry in the context of changes in the global economy, and it scrutinizes the principal advantages, shortcomings, opportunities and obstacles that SMEs perceive in preparing and implementing changes in line with the Industry 5.0 initiative. The research into this preparedness was carried out in the form of both a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews. They were conducted in two phases (November 2018 to January 2019 and January 2021). The respondent sample was selected by a proportional representation of industrial SMEs in the given regions and iron and mining industries with data provided by the Czech Statistical Office, and finally, 240 SMEs were investigated for the research purpose. The research shows that awareness of the digitization of the economy in SMEs in the Czech Republic (Industry I-5.0 initiative) is not the highest. The transition to a digital economy in these enterprises has been slow. Sufficient tools have not been developed in time to support their manufacturing and economic activities, to implement and safeguard the digitization of their production, nor have any real measures been created to enforce Industry 5.0 priorities, including digital administration. This research also formulates key recommendations for executive bodies in the Czech Republic. All this is in order to establish interventions in the sector of industrial SMEs so that digitization processes and standards in this sector might be strengthened.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50204 - Business and management

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Acta Montanistica Slovaca

ISSN

1335-1788

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

26

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

SK - Slovenská republika

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

761-772

Kód UT WoS článku

000772347400013

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85125485611