LATAM and Spanish SME barriers to Industry 4.0

Ancillo, Antonio de Lucas; Gavrila, Sorin Gavrila; Díez, José Raúl Fernández del Castillo; Beseler, Juan Corro

doi:10.1108/arla-07-2021-0137

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“…Furthermore, this finding revealed the importance of the CEO's attitude towards technology adoption (Abdullah et al 2013;Lorente-Martínez et al, 2020). Indeed, a positive attitude increases the chance of trying innovative systems, particularly in SMEs, to the extent that in these organizations, the CEO or the manager is the main decision-maker (Duan et al, 2012). Consequently, this causal relationship has been studied, and the results indicate that managers' perceptions and attitudes towards a digital system are strongly associated with its performance expectancy, which is a key parameter for SMEs due to their reduced margins (Chuang, 2007).…”

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“…Therefore, there is a need to clarify digitalization in the context of smaller organizations or SMEs (Andersen et al, 2022;Eller et al, 2020;Li et al, 2018). In contrast with large firms, SMEs' technology readiness is inferior, vulnerabilities are higher and challenges are more apparent (De Lucas Ancillo et al, 2021). Still, SMEs contribute much to the economic growth of countries worldwide (The World Bank, 2021).…”

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Extending the UTAUT model to understand the barriers towards SME digitalization

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Plata²,

Ratilla³

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Serb J Management

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Digitalization has been identified as a core growth driver for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in this digital era. This study investigates the drivers and barriers aligned with the tendency of owner-managers of SMEs to adopt digitalization. A conceptual framework is developed that extends the unified theory of acceptance and technology (UTAUT) with an anxiety-digitalized environment as a moderating factor of SME owner-managers' intention to adopt digitalization. A quantitative methodology is used to gauge responses from 89 respondents (owner-managers). Additionally, the variance-based structural equation modelling approach (PLS-SEM) is used to analyse and validate the proposed model. Results show that attitude positively mediates the relationship between performance expectancy and intention to adopt digitalization. However, effort expectancy and facilitating conditions were found to negatively influence attitude and intention to adopt digitalization. On the contrary, the results obtained did not confirm the significance of an anxiety-digitalized environment in moderation analyses. Consequently, the overall structural model accounted for 51.1% of the variance in the intention to adopt digitalization among SMEs. This study has theoretically and practically contributed to understanding owner-managers' intent to adopt digitalization of SMEs in the Czech Republic.

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Extending the UTAUT model to understand the barriers towards SME digitalization

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Plata²,

Ratilla³

et al. 2022

Serb J Management

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“…On that note, our findings further indicate that SMEs in developed countries are the ones interacting with customers and solution providers. In developing countries, it is noted that there is a lack of interaction between SMEs and customers (De Lucas Ancillo et al, 2022). However, of interest are the Competence Centers noted in developed countries.…”

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is an interdisciplinary, double-blind peer-reviewed journal, emphasizing theoretical and empirical articles on entrepreneurship, management, and innovation. The journal is published in ELECTRONIC (online first) and PRINT (occasionally) formats. See our website: http://www.jemi.edu.pl.JEMI is an interdisciplinary, focused on economics, business, and management journal that uniquely combines three thematic areas: i) entrepreneurship, including entrepreneurial process, entrepreneurial finance, and SME and entrepreneurship policy; ii) all types of management; iii) innovation, comprising innovation economics, policy, and management. In this vein, the JEMI contributes to economics, business, and management research, as well as business practice and policy in the closely related areas of new venture creation and growth, knowledge generation, retention, appropriation, transfer, and governance, as well as innovation processes and their economic impacts. In a nutshell, our journal addresses the interrelated research fields of entrepreneurial venturing and growth, management, and innovation economics and management. We also acknowledge the context of business venturing, knowledge and innovation, by linking these areas with such background topics as social context of entrepreneurship, environmental and energy issues, human resource migration, or entrepreneurial finance. THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AREA OF THE JOURNALThe entrepreneurship area of the journal covers the three major topics: 1) venture creation and small business, 2) the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth including local and regional development, and 3) entrepreneurial attitudes and motives. We invite original papers of theoretical and empirical nature, rooted in the disciplines of economics, management, sociology, political science, and psychology. The interdisciplinary research is encouraged to assure a comprehensive approach to the topics discussed and to advance both theory and practice. THE MANAGEMENT AREA OF THE JOURNALWe welcome articles interpreting contemporary management problems, new methods and management tools, new forms of organization and management, new threats in management, or new challenges in the organization's environment. Management, as a thematic scope of the journal, focuses on theoretical and empirical considerations of various areas (but not limited to): such as strategic management, business process management, operation or production management, human resource management, information management, and network management. THE INNOVATION AREA OF THE JOURNALThe innovation area of the Journal's focus emphasizes a broad range of topics and approaches, including (but not limited to): comparative analyses of national and regional policy or sector issues, such as R&D trends, patents, citations, etc., empirical studies on within-organization innovation management, viewed from various perspectives (organizational behavior, psychology of creativity, organizational structures, styles of leadership and team-building strategies, promoting creativi...

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“…In general, the transformation process in the food trade in response to adaptation to catastrophic events such as the COVID-19 pandemic has propelled the AFSC towards new trends in technologies, product logistics, and distribution [28]. De Lucas Ancillo et al [29] also add that in LATAM, there are limited studies on the application of technologies for innovation and the competitiveness of SMEs, which also allows for identifying the factors that affect the reconfiguration of the different supply chains. Based on this background, this study aims to carry out a descriptive analysis of the changes that took place in the configurations of some AFSCs in LATAM as an effect of COVID-19.…”

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Reconfiguration of Agrifood Supply Chain Management in Latin America during COVID-19: A Brief Literature Review

Granillo-Macías,

Rivera-Gómez,

González-Hernández

et al. 2024

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This study aims to analyze the changes in the agrifood supply chain (AFSC) configurations in Latin America (LATAM) imposed by the markets as an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper analyzes the results of mobility trends, production rates, logistics performance, and the strategies developed by managers and decision makers of the organizations of the agro-industrial sector for supply chain configurations during the early stages of the pandemic in a food-exporting region that contributes 14% of the world’s production of agricultural and fishery products. Through a literature review of reports and scientific articles on the behavior of the pandemic published by international organizations, research centers, and researchers around the AFSC in LATAM, the impacts on logistical disruptions, configuration strategies, and disruptive technologies applied in Latin American agrifood supply chains during the lockdown are identified. As a result of this reconfiguration of the AFSC, the development of short supply chains and the digitalization of supply based on electronic commerce were the most used strategies during COVID-19 in LATAM. The results of this study show that Mexico, Chile, and Brazil maintained a prominent position as leaders in the different logistics indicators for the AFSC by developing strategies that include short supply chains and the digitalization of supplies based on electronic commerce. Finally, this study also highlights the imminent need to address new research and theories on the reconfiguration of the AFSC, which allows expanding analytical capabilities in organizations to face future risks and challenges that will enable the reconfiguration of the supply chain in the face of catastrophic scenarios such as COVID-19.

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LATAM and Spanish SME barriers to Industry 4.0

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Extending the UTAUT model to understand the barriers towards SME digitalization

Extending the UTAUT model to understand the barriers towards SME digitalization

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Reconfiguration of Agrifood Supply Chain Management in Latin America during COVID-19: A Brief Literature Review

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