A Taxonomy on Influencing Factors Towards Digital Transformation in SMEs

Q3 Business, Management and Accounting Journal of Small Business Strategy Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI:10.53703/001c.66283

Luca Dörr, Kerstin Fliege, Claudia Lehmann, D. Kanbach, S. Kraus

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Digital Transformation (DT) has become a challenge and opportunity for firms competing in dynamic and volatile markets. Especially small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) face difficulties within the digitalization process based on their limited resources and capabilities. It is essential to understand which factors influence this process to enable the success of DT in SMEs. However, there is fragmented research on DT in SMEs. To close this gap this paper aims to identify and categorize the influencing factors of DT in SMEs by building on the Attention Based View (ABV). Therefore, a systematic literature review was conducted with a total of 75 papers published from January 2012 to January 2022. 354 factors were identified. With the help of Gioia-Method a taxonomy was created. The main finding of the research is a taxonomy, which consists of three main categories and 17 sub-categories, which organize the factors identified from the sample. The taxonomy answers the calls in research for a comprehensive and tangible picture on the influencing factors of DT in SME independent from disciplines or industries. For practitioners the taxonomy allows to understand and approach what specific factors influence their digital transformation journey and where to put attention.

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中小企业数字化转型影响因素分类研究

数字化转型(DT)已经成为企业在动态和动荡的市场中竞争的挑战和机遇。特别是中小企业，由于资源和能力有限，在数字化进程中面临困难。了解影响这一过程的因素是至关重要的，这样才能使DT在中小企业中取得成功。然而，对中小企业的创新行为的研究还比较零散。为了缩小这一差距，本文旨在通过建立注意基础观点(ABV)来识别和分类中小企业DT的影响因素。因此，我们对2012年1月至2022年1月共发表的75篇论文进行了系统的文献综述。共确定了354个影响因素。在gioia方法的帮助下，创建了一个分类法。研究的主要发现是一个分类学，它由三个主要类别和17个子类别组成，它们组织了从样本中确定的因素。该分类法响应了独立于学科或行业的对中小企业创新能力影响因素的全面、切实的研究要求。对于从业者来说，分类法可以让他们理解和接近影响他们数字化转型之旅的具体因素，以及应该关注的地方。

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Journal of Small Business Strategy Business, Management and Accounting-Strategy and Management

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Small Business Strategy is an applied research journal. Manuscripts should be written with the small business/entrepreneurship educator, small business consultant in mind. Both conceptual and empirically-based papers are encouraged, but they must have an applied focus. All papers must have a significant literature review, be properly documented, with citations from research-based works rather than popular press or web sites. Since JSBS is an applied research journal, each article should include a substantial "Discussion and Implications" section that details how the research findings are relevant for the journal''s readers. Authors are discouraged from submitting manuscripts with extremely complex statistical analyses and/or a purely theoretical orientation. Case studies are acceptable if they contribute substantial to the understanding of small business strategy and include a significantly to the understanding of small business strategy and include a significant literature review that underscores the issues in the case. We do not accept teaching or pedagogical cases.