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83% of SMEs going digital, but three in five think it is unsuccessful: Microsoft study

Jovi Ho
Jovi Ho • 4 min read
83% of SMEs going digital, but three in five think it is unsuccessful: Microsoft study
Some 56% of companies polled say high implementation cost was the biggest barrier faced by SMEs going digital.
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Although 83% of some 400 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) polled now have digital transformation strategies in place, more than half the companies say their digitalisation efforts are too expensive.

Aside from cost, other factors include a digital skills gap and poor awareness of government initiatives available to support digitalisation.

In addition, only two in five SMEs polled consider their efforts successful.

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