World Research and Intellectual Structure in Digital Transformation on SMEs in Covid-19 Times

David Sabando-Vera (), Néstor Montalván-Burbano, Marcela Yonfá-Medranda () and Katherine Parrales-Guerrero ()
Additional contact information
David Sabando-Vera: ESPOL Polytechnic University, ESPOL
Marcela Yonfá-Medranda: ESPOL Polytechnic University, ESPOL
Katherine Parrales-Guerrero: ESPOL Polytechnic University, ESPOL

Chapter Chapter 14 in Digital and Sustainable Transformations in a Post-COVID World, 2023, pp 347-376 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the business sector, digital transformation appears as a new paradigm that enables a profound transformation of business activities, processes, and models. Its relationship with SMEs has brought the academic world's attention in recent years; however, catastrophic events caused by COVID-19 impacted the development of the various world economies and thus the business sector. This article aims to assess the scientific structure of the digital transformation in SMEs, specifically when COVID-19 appeared and developed; through the Scopus database and the bibliometric software VOSviewer. The methodology used reports a systematic process comprising four phases: (i) Search Terms for the research field, (ii) Database and document selection, (iii) Database and document selection, and (iv) Analysis of the results. This last section showed the participation of 75 countries in 612 publications in a challenging environment for the SME caused by the Covid-19 continued digital transformation process focused on its business model, Industry 4.0, IoT, and Digital Innovation and Technology. This research contributes to broadening knowledge in Digital Transformation and its implications in times of pandemic.

Keywords: Digital transformation; Small and medium-sized enterprises; Covid-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-16677-8_14

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783031166778

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16677-8_14

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().