TY - BOOK AU - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,, TI - The digital transformation of SMES: : OECD studies on SMES and entrepreneurship SN - 9789264392458 PY - 2021/// CY - Paris PB - OECD Publishing KW - HB Economic Theory. Demography KW - Small business KW - Entrepreneurship N1 - Executive summary — Digital tools and practices: SME access and uptake — Digital security in SMEs — SMEs in the online platform economy — How can Blockchain ecosystems serve SMEs? — Artificial intelligence: Changing landscape for SMEs — National policies for Artificial Intelligence: What about diffusion? N2 - Despite potentially tremendous benefits, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) lag in the digital transformation. Emerging technologies, as diverse as they are, offer a range of applications for them to improve performance and overcome the size-related limitations they face in doing business. However, SMEs must be better prepared, and stakes are high. SMEs make the most of the industrial fabric in many countries and regions, they create jobs (most jobs sometimes) and are the cement of inclusive and sustainable societies ER -