The use of digital technologies by small and medium enterprises during COVID-19: Implications for theory and practice

By Thanos Papadopoulos, Konstantinos N. Baltas, Maria Elisavet Balta. International Journal of Information Management, 2020

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Highlights • Limited research exists on SMEs’ DT use to address COVID-19 consequences.• Relates DT deployment by SMEs to secure business continuity.• Outlines research on the SMEs’ use of DT to deal with COVID-19 issues.• Reflects on managerial implications SMEs’ use of using DT to deal COVID-19 issues.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Strategy and Management

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The Effectiveness of Russian Government Policy to Support SMEs in the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020, background): “After all, the companies that actively introduced various digital technologies and solutions were able to survive the crisis more easily than companies that are only at the beginning of the digital path [66].”
COVID-19 pandemic digitization lessons for sustainable development of micro-and small- enterprises (2021, background): “Thus, MSEs need to begin to ensure business continuity in unpredictable environments, like the COVID-19 pandemic, through building capabilities “sensing, seizing and transforming” ( Papadopoulos et al., 2020 ).”
Artificial intelligence and big data analytics for supply chain resilience: a systematic literature review (2022, background): “However, studies have shown that emerging technologies, such as Arti - ficial Intelligence (AI)and Business Data Analytics (BDA) among others, are indispensable towards providing business continuity, especially during exogenous shocks (Papadopoulos et al., 2020).”
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on information management research and practice: Transforming education, work and life (2020, background): “The articles by Papagiannidis, Harris, and Morton (2020) and also Papadopoulos, Baltas, and Balta (2020) discuss the potential for key lessons to be learned from this first significant pandemic within the digital age, and how organisations can be more prepared for future pandemics and learn from…”
From Challenges to Creativity: Enhancing SMEs’ Resilience in the Context of COVID-19 (2021, background): “Collective flexibility as a response is required both by governments and SMEs to develop new and creative business platforms [8,18,31].”
How can SMEs successfully navigate VUCA environment: The role of agility in the digital transformation era (2022, methodology): “This measure was adapted from previous studies (Overby et al., 2006; Ravichandran, 2018; Sambamurthy et al., 2003) and it includes the emerging technologies discussed in recent researches (Cassetta et al., 2020; Papadopoulos et al., 2020).”