Unleashing global opportunities: Exploring the digitalization journey of small and medium-sized enterprises in China and Sri Lanka's thriving E-commerce landscapes

Q Huang, PJ Kumarasinghe - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
This study compares hindering and fostering factors for SMEs in China and Sri Lanka in their
internationalization efforts through e-commerce. The study uses qualitative research …

[HTML][HTML] Developing a sustainable digital transformation roadmap for SMEs: Integrating digital maturity and strategic alignment

MMAP Mick, JL Kovaleski, RL Mick, DMG Chiroli - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Digital transformation (DT) is crucial for SMEs to streamline operational efficiency, foster
innovation, and meet upcoming challenges. Integrating sustainability into this process not …

Digital transition, data-and-tasks crowd-based economy, and the shared social progress: Unveiling a new political economy from a European perspective

J Torrent-Sellens - Technology in Society, 2024 - Elsevier
The current unequal distribution of the benefits of digital transition and data-and-tasks crowd-
based economy is directly linked to an incomplete interpretation of the behaviour of …

Digital and Sustainable (Twin) Transformations: A Case of SMEs in the European Union

A Burinskienė, J Nalivaikė - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the European Digital Decade 2030 Policy Program, the following guidelines for European
digital transformation are named, which means that more than 90% of small-and medium …

Digitalization as a trigger for a rebound effect of electricity use

HR Peng, XF Qin - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Digitalization has the potential to trigger energy consumption rebounds, while its size has
often been disregarded. Using panel data from 283 Chinese cities during 2004–2019, this …

Balancing act or two roads to travel: Evaluating the trade-offs between digitalization and net zero innovation in SMEs

E Kesidou, A Ri, S Roper - Small Business Economics, 2025 - Springer
As firms face the dual challenges of digitalization and net zero innovation to combat climate
change, understanding how these twin transitions relate is crucial. This study examines …

Small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets and foreign direct investment: an integrated multi-criteria decision-making approach

FM Muneeb, A Karbassi Yazdi, T Hanne… - Applied …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the impact of critical success factors (CSFs) on small and medium-
sized enterprises (SMEs). We propose a strategic roadmap for early internationalization …

Building new business models in MSMEs: digital capabilities, global value chains integration and the moderating role of entrepreneurial failure

PM Veiga, S Marnoto, M Guerra-Mota… - Journal of Small …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The research aims to explore the relationships between the digital capabilities of
micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), their participation in global value chains and …

Exploring idea selection in open innovation communities: A stochastic cusp catastrophe model perspective

N Li, YC Zhao, J Zhang, Y Yan, Q Huang - Technological Forecasting and …, 2025 - Elsevier
With the spread of crowdsourcing models, open innovation communities are able to collect
ideas quickly, but it is still a major challenge to select high-quality ideas from a large number …

Firm digitalization as strategic response: An integrated model based on the awareness-motivation-capability (AMC) framework

B Guo, J Zhang, Z Tan - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2024 - Elsevier
Digitalization is an essential instrument for enterprises to gain competitive advantages.
However, existing studies ignore the essential feature of digitalization as strategic response …