Digital transformation as a challenge for SMES in POLAND in the context of crisis relating to Covid-19 pandemic

• Autorzy: Szwajca Danuta , Rydzewska Alina

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.29119/1641-3466.2022.161.20

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: This article is devoted to identifying major problems and obstacles to the digital transformation of SMEs in Poland in the context of the Covid crisis and to indicating directions and methods to improve the digitisation level in the SME sector. Design/methodology/approach: This article seeks to answer the question of what the SME digitisation level in Poland is, what the main obstacles hampering the digital transformation process are and how they can be removed. The following research methods were used: reference works review, analysis of secondary sources (reports from OECD, the World Bank, the European Commission, the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP), Statistics Poland) and deductive reasoning. Findings: The digitisation level of SMEs in Poland is relatively low and the main obstacles to accelerating the digital transformation include the financial and competence limitations which can be removed only with institutional support. Practical implications: This article mentions methods and directions of measures initiated by the government and other institutions to reduce obstacles to SME digital transformation in Poland. Originality/value: The article has informative values as it contributes to the development of knowledge on the impact of the Covid-related crisis on the speed of the digital transformation in the SME sector in Poland and in other countries worldwide.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

digital transformation; SME; COVID-19 crisis

PL

transformacja cyfrowa; MŚP; kryzys COVID-19

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: z. 161
• Strony: 289--305
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 49 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Szwajca Danuta

• Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Organization and Management, Zabrze

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6517-6758

autor

Rydzewska Alina

• Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Organization and Management, Zabrze

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4535-3585

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Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).