Is COVID-19 enough? Which underestimated conditions characterise the adoption of complex information infrastructures in small and medium-sized enterprises

The role of management control and integrated information systems for the resilience of SMEs

“…In economic studies, the resilience of businesses has been studied mostly in the entrepreneurship (De Vries and Shields 2006 ; Korber and McNaughton 2018 ) and family-business literature, but some research has also focused on the organizational and managerial effects of resilience (Linnenluecke 2017 ; Skouloudis et al 2020 ). As previously outlined, only a few studies have focused on SMEs and on the effects of managerial and organizational issues, such as management control systems, digital transformation, and integrated information system adoption (Roffia and Mola 2022 ), on resilience.…”

“…The ability to resist and reconfigure by modifying, if necessary, strategies and organizational structure, by leveraging control tools, financial resources, and information systems infrastructure, has been fundamental for the survival of companies. Other positive contributions derived from the ability of a company to accelerate its digital transformation (i.e., the transition from substantially paper-based processes to digital ones), supported by integrated information systems (Muñoz-Pascual et al 2021 ) such as ERP (Roffia and Mola 2022 ).…”

Are private equity and venture capital helping small and medium-sized enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from China

“… Halina and Wiercioch (2021) stated that the rate of the use of financial-accounting programs in remote work has improved during the COVID-19 pandemic. Roffia and Mola (2022) suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic enhanced SMEs’ intentions to adopt enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems by mitigating barriers that hinder the adoption of ERP systems.…”

“… Markovic et al (2021) Positive impacts of COVID-19 on firms SMEs made relevant innovations in business-to-business corporate partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Roffia and Mola (2022) The COVID-19 pandemic influenced the intentions to adopt enterprise resource planning systems in SMEs by mitigating barriers that hindered the adoption of ERP systems. Reid et al (1997) and Samila and Sorenson (2011) Positive impacts of PE/VC on enterprises PE/VC often actively intervenes in enterprise governance decisions; it can improve the enterprise governance structure and obtain high returns to avoid downside risks to the performance of enterprises.…”

“…Considering the uncertainty in the effects of government intervention, some scholars have sought survival paths for enterprise development. Many scholars, including Fitriasari (2020) , Papadopoulos et al (2020) , Roffia and Mola (2022) , Bai et al (2021) , Muhamad et al (2021) , Halina and Wiercioch (2021) , and Obrenovic et al (2020) , agree that the use of digital technology and the complexity of information infrastructures are effective ways via which enterprises can cope with COVID-19. Enterprises with strong managers can develop digital strategies; in contrast, this may be difficult for enterprises to have not-so-strong managers ( Kong et al, 2021 ).…”