Threats and Opportunities in Digital Transformation in SMEs from the Perspective of Sustainability: A Case Study in the Czech Republic

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dc.contributor.authorŠimberová, Ivetacs
dc.contributor.authorKorauš, Antoníncs
dc.contributor.authorSchüller, Davidcs
dc.contributor.authorŠiráňová, Lenkacs
dc.contributor.authorStraková, Jarmilacs
dc.contributor.authorVáchal, Jancs
dc.coverage.issue6cs
dc.coverage.volume14cs
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-27T10:53:47Z
dc.date.available2022-05-27T10:53:47Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-19cs
dc.description.abstractDigital technologies represent an important factor in the achievement of the sustainability goals of the European Green Deal. Whether the digitalisation trend will contribute to the sustainable development of societies in the long term depends on how we shape and understand it. The aim of this paper is to create a concept for the management of the threats and opportunities in the digital transformation of SMEs. As part of a broader research project, a complex tool was developed to assess the digital maturity of SMEs, and our paper focuses on one aspect of this tool, which is related to the identification and management of the opportunities and threats that are associated with digital transformation trends. The methodology that was used to develop this paper is based on a pilot survey that involved 154 SMEs in the Czech Republic, 74 of which were used for the follow-up survey on the opportunities and threats. Sixteen key trends were identified, which were then reduced to five latent factors, with their names forming five dimensions. In the cluster analysis, the companies were divided into three clusters, which served as the basis for determining the final cluster centres. The result is a concept for the management of the threats and opportunities in the digital transformation of SMEs. Digital transformation is the broad topic. Therefore, the theoretical overlap of this study can be seen in the narrower focus on the identification and management of the opportunities and threats in digital transformation. In addition, this study focuses on SMEs because there are more than one million small and medium-sized enterprises in the Czech Republic, and they create 54% of the innovative solutions. The practical impact of this study can be understood in the fact that the proposed concept may enable SMEs to more easily manage threats and opportunities in their digital transformation.en
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dc.identifier.citationSustainability. 2022, vol. 14, issue 6, p. 3628-3645.en
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su14063628cs
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050cs
dc.identifier.other177559cs
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11012/204466
dc.language.isoencs
dc.publisherMDPIcs
dc.relation.ispartofSustainabilitycs
dc.relation.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/6/3628cs
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalcs
dc.rights.accessopenAccesscs
dc.rights.sherpahttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/2071-1050/cs
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/cs
dc.subjectdigitalisationen
dc.subjectthreatsen
dc.subjectopportunitiesen
dc.subjectdigital transformationen
dc.subjectSMEsen
dc.subjectsustainabilityen
dc.titleThreats and Opportunities in Digital Transformation in SMEs from the Perspective of Sustainability: A Case Study in the Czech Republicen
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dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
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sync.item.dbtypeVAVen
sync.item.insts2023.02.03 12:53:11en
sync.item.modts2023.02.03 12:14:45en
thesis.grantorVysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská. Ústav managementucs
thesis.grantorVysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská. Ústav informatikycs
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