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The Role of Digital Transformation in Enhancing SME Resilience: Evidence from Post-Pandemic Business Recovery in the United Kingdom

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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted major weaknesses in the resilience of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom, particularly in relation to financial stability, operational continuity, and their ability to respond to sudden disruptions. As SMEs make up the vast majority of the UK firms and a significant share of private-sector employment, the crisis generated substantial economic strain. Many of these businesses confronted severe challenges such as interruptions in supply networks, reduced consumer activity, and government-mandated shutdowns. In adapting to these conditions, a considerable number of SMEs accelerated their use of digital technologies including online sales platforms, cloud services, digital communication tools, and remote-working solutions.

This study explores how digital transformation contributes to strengthening SME resilience during the post-pandemic period. A quantitative methodology was used, drawing on a simulated survey of 500 SME leaders from a range of industries. The survey assessed the extent of digital integration alongside indicators of organisational resilience, managerial support for digital initiatives, and employee capability in using digital tools. The results show that firms with more advanced digital adoption demonstrated greater resilience, quicker recovery trajectories, and stronger adaptive capacity. Furthermore, leadership commitment and workforce digital proficiency significantly influenced how effectively digital tools contributed to resilience.

The research advances current academic discussions by offering empirical insights into the link between digital transformation and SME resilience. It also presents actionable recommendations for policymakers and support agencies seeking to promote digital uptake and reinforce the long-term sustainability of SMEs. The findings provide valuable guidance for improving organisational preparedness for future crises.

Analysis of Business Restructuring Strategies Based on a Strategic Due Diligence Approach at PT. Industri Telekomunikasi Indonesia (PERSERO)

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In the ever-evolving market conditions and increasingly fierce competition, PT. INTI is faced with the challenge of carrying out an effective business restructuring in order to improve the company’s performance. The strategic due diligence approach is used in this study as a framework for analyzing business restructuring strategies. The research method used includes literature studies, secondary data analysis, and interviews with related parties at PT. INTI. The collected data were analyzed using qualitative approaches to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the company’s business situation. The results of this study reveal that PT. INTI requires a business restructuring which includes changes in business strategy, company organization, and operations. This study identified several suggested restructuring strategies, such as product and service diversification, developing new markets, increasing operational efficiency, and increasing collaboration with strategic partners.

Indonesian Wedding Organizer’s Ecosystem Business Mapping

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Business growth in the wedding industry has begun to grow and spread in Indonesia, seen from the variety of types of this industry, one of which is wedding organizer (WO). WO is an organizer with many networks involved in its business ecosystem. It can’t stand alone without relations and interactions with its stakeholders (vendors) such as wedding decor, catering, entertainment, make-up artist, and others. In this research, a conducive network model in the industry can be optimized by mapping the WO business ecosystem to expand and create a complete and sustainable business. The method used is qualitative, with data collection through interviews, observations, and literature studies. James F. Moore’s business ecosystem will be used in data analysis as a mapping reference for WO business network model. The results found that several networks were classified into three scopes of the business ecosystem. It considers the relationship of each stakeholder to the WO and vice versa. The relationship between stakeholders resulted in two-way and one-way relationships and activities. It was also found that stakeholders may decrease or increase over time the development of creativity, technology, references, and processions that will be carried out at the wedding. For relationships with the highest interaction urgency, they can continue to occupy their permanent positions in the WO business ecosystem. The form of the WO business ecosystem as a whole cannot be determined by a single model and will continue to evolve according to the procession.

Are The Independent Area of Beef Cattle Development Ready for Big Data to Reduce the Volume of Imports?

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Stakeholders find it difficult to make decisions for both breeders and supporting sectors due to unorganized agribusiness data on beef cattle, it seems very limited information on it. The activities related to this business have not been recorded well, from male selection, feed management, cultivation, as well as marketing and traceability—these factors have caused price disparities in meat to become commonplace. Thus, a model of breeder empowerment is needed through big data maturity. Data play a crucial role in the planning and development of agriculture and agribusiness. The results of the analysis on efforts to digitalize and integrate data on beef cattle business confirm that the progress stops at the Nascent phase. Data digitalization at the Agency for Agriculture Extension of Kediri is at the Nascent phase, while at the Department of Food Security and Livestock Service is in between the Nascent and pre-adoption phase. Data integration in other agencies, such as the Regional Central Bureau of Statistics of Kediri, the Regional Information and Communication Office of Kediri, and the Directorate General of Livestock, fall into the corporate adoption and mature phase. As can be seen, data have not been well-integrated within one interconnected system. The availability of such a model of data integration will be a good alternative in empowering breeders of beef cattle and the public sector, it will also find communication easier with the existence of the model. The government eventually will be able to better improve performance based on the digital data available.