Digital Agility, Digital Competitiveness, and Innovative Performance of SMEs

IF 4.4 1区 管理学 Q2 BUSINESS
A. Ko, A. Mitev, T. Kovács, P. Fehér, Z. Szabó
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Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the role of digital agility and digital competitiveness in SMEs' innovative performance in the context of a digitally turbulent environment. While SME innovative performance is a key research topic, we did not find recent research that investigates the relationship between digital agility, digital competitiveness, and innovative performance in the context of SMEs. The research is part of ongoing work in which the IT-related practice of Hungarian organizations has been explored on an annual basis since 2009. We applied a combined research methodology;both qualitative and quantitative methods were used, including surveying digital transformation literature, developing a survey to collect quantitative data, data collection, and processing with PLS-SEM. According to our model, SMEs are worth investing in and developing risk taking and change capabilities from their organizational culture to increase digital innovation capability and digital transformation maturity, which leads to better innovative performance. The uniqueness of our research is that, according to the literature, the innovative performance of SMEs is an under-researched area, if we take into consideration digital agility and digital competitiveness. The COVID-19 pandemic also reinforced the role of these factors in SME survival. Our main contribution is that we provide a conceptual framework for improving SMEs' innovative performance through digital agility and digital competitiveness in digital turbulence.
数字化敏捷性、数字化竞争力与中小企业创新绩效
本文旨在讨论在数字化动荡环境下,数字敏捷性和数字竞争力在中小企业创新绩效中的作用。虽然中小企业创新绩效是一个关键的研究课题,但我们没有发现最近有研究调查中小企业背景下数字敏捷性、数字竞争力和创新绩效之间的关系。这项研究是正在进行的工作的一部分,其中匈牙利组织的it相关实践自2009年以来每年都在进行探索。我们采用了定性和定量相结合的研究方法,包括调查数字化转型文献,开发调查以收集定量数据,数据收集和PLS-SEM处理。根据我们的模型,中小企业值得投资并从其组织文化中培养风险承担和变革能力,以提高数字化创新能力和数字化转型成熟度,从而提高创新绩效。我们研究的独特之处在于,根据文献,如果我们考虑到数字敏捷性和数字竞争力,中小企业的创新绩效是一个研究不足的领域。2019冠状病毒病大流行也强化了这些因素在中小企业生存中的作用。我们的主要贡献是提供了一个概念性框架,通过数字敏捷性和数字竞争力在数字动荡中提高中小企业的创新绩效。
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来源期刊
CiteScore
11.30
自引率
2.70%
发文量
33
审稿时长
12 weeks
期刊介绍: The Journal of Competitiveness, a scientific periodical published by the Faculty of Management and Economics of Tomas Bata University in Zlín in collaboration with publishing partners, presents the findings of basic and applied economic research conducted by both domestic and international scholars in the English language. Focusing on economics, finance, and management, the Journal of Competitiveness is dedicated to publishing original scientific articles. Published four times a year in both print and electronic formats, the journal follows a rigorous peer-review process with each contribution reviewed by two independent reviewers. Only scientific articles are considered for publication, while other types of papers such as informative articles, editorial materials, corrections, abstracts, or résumés are not included.
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