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On the Importance of Digital Transformation for SME - Results from a Survey among German SME

Digitalization and digital transformation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) is a topic that has been attracting a lot of scientific research in computer science and business information systems. However, based on experience from work with German SME the conjecture emerged that the perspective of decision makers and employees in SME might put other topics equally high or even higher on the priority list as digitalization. Thus, a study was conducted aiming at exploring the importance of digitalization for SME and investigating the existence of other relevant topics from an SME perspective. As part of a study, SMEs from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were surveyed about their support needs as well as critical topics for the future. The data comes almost exclusively (91%) from people with decision-making authority in the companies (e.g., management, executives). More than half of the enterprises belong to the micro enterprises (54%), about one third (36%) to the small and 10% to the medium-sized enterprises. Overall, 60% of SMEs belong to one of the three economic sectors: Services, Construction and Crafts, Hospitality and Tourism.