Applying the positioning phase of the digital transformation model in practice for SMEs: toward systematic development of digitalization

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Main Author: Kääriäinen, Jukka
Publication Date: 2021
Other Authors: Pussinen, Pasi, Saari, Leila, Kuusisto, Olli, Saarela, Martti, Hänninen, Kai
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: Digital transformation (DT) refers to the changes in ways of working and business offering caused by adoption of digital technologies in an organization. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are struggling with this transformation because of their limited resources and know-how. Thus, SMEs need practical grassroots-level help for DT that allows the companies to analyze where they stand in digitalization, and how they should proceed. This article discusses how SMEs can be supported in their DT by utilizing the DT model consisting of four consecutive phases for supporting companies’ systematic development of digitalization. The article focuses on the first phase of the DT model, positioning, where company’s digitalization status is analyzed in detail, and development ideas are identified. The positioning phase was conducted for 19 SMEs in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. The results indicate that the used process and tools were suitable to support SMEs for analyzing their digitalization status and identifying areas for improvement. The DT model and piloted tools have been published as a free-of-charge ApuaDigiin.fi online service to facilitate their widespread use in the future. In this way, public regional business development authors or research organizations can utilize the online service while supporting the digitalization of SMEs.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Applying the positioning phase of the digital transformation model in practice for SMEs: toward systematic development of digitalization
title Applying the positioning phase of the digital transformation model in practice for SMEs: toward systematic development of digitalization
spellingShingle Applying the positioning phase of the digital transformation model in practice for SMEs: toward systematic development of digitalization
Kääriäinen, Jukka
digitalization
digital transformation
SME
positioning phase
digital maturity
digital transformation model
title_short Applying the positioning phase of the digital transformation model in practice for SMEs: toward systematic development of digitalization
title_full Applying the positioning phase of the digital transformation model in practice for SMEs: toward systematic development of digitalization
title_fullStr Applying the positioning phase of the digital transformation model in practice for SMEs: toward systematic development of digitalization
title_full_unstemmed Applying the positioning phase of the digital transformation model in practice for SMEs: toward systematic development of digitalization
title_sort Applying the positioning phase of the digital transformation model in practice for SMEs: toward systematic development of digitalization
author Kääriäinen, Jukka
author_facet Kääriäinen, Jukka
Pussinen, Pasi
Saari, Leila
Kuusisto, Olli
Saarela, Martti
Hänninen, Kai
author_role author
author2 Pussinen, Pasi
Saari, Leila
Kuusisto, Olli
Saarela, Martti
Hänninen, Kai
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Kääriäinen, Jukka
Pussinen, Pasi
Saari, Leila
Kuusisto, Olli
Saarela, Martti
Hänninen, Kai
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv digitalization
digital transformation
SME
positioning phase
digital maturity
digital transformation model
topic digitalization
digital transformation
SME
positioning phase
digital maturity
digital transformation model
description Digital transformation (DT) refers to the changes in ways of working and business offering caused by adoption of digital technologies in an organization. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are struggling with this transformation because of their limited resources and know-how. Thus, SMEs need practical grassroots-level help for DT that allows the companies to analyze where they stand in digitalization, and how they should proceed. This article discusses how SMEs can be supported in their DT by utilizing the DT model consisting of four consecutive phases for supporting companies’ systematic development of digitalization. The article focuses on the first phase of the DT model, positioning, where company’s digitalization status is analyzed in detail, and development ideas are identified. The positioning phase was conducted for 19 SMEs in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. The results indicate that the used process and tools were suitable to support SMEs for analyzing their digitalization status and identifying areas for improvement. The DT model and piloted tools have been published as a free-of-charge ApuaDigiin.fi online service to facilitate their widespread use in the future. In this way, public regional business development authors or research organizations can utilize the online service while supporting the digitalization of SMEs.
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