Small Enterprises, Big Impact: The Role of Digital Technology in Sustainable Success

The research data was collected through an online questionnaire distributed cross-sectionally from May to July 2023 in micro-small enterprises (MSEs) at Java and Sumatera Island, Indonesia. The survey included 381 businesses, of which 335 were micro-businesses (87.93%) and 46 were small businesses (12.07%). The research was focused on digital technology adoption (DTA), sustainable entrepreneurship (SEP), and sustainable business performance (SBP) in MSEs on the Java and Sumatra islands.
Digital Technology Adoption (DTA) can increase business performance through the integration of digital technology into business operations (AL-allak, 2010; Jha et al., 2022; Lang et al., 2022; Ristyawan, 2020; Sharma et al., 2022; Tamvada et al., 2022). Meanwhile, Sustainable Entrepreneurship Practice (SEP) is an entrepreneurial practice that fulfills two crucial goals at the same time. These goals are an enterprise's development and sustainability maintenance (Shepherd & Patzelt, 2011). Finally, Sustainable Business Performance (SBP) considers both economic benefits and sustainability-related benefits, i.e., economic, social, and environmental (Le, 2022a; Shepherd & Patzelt, 2011).

本研究数据于2023年5月至7月通过横断面线上问卷收集，调研对象为印度尼西亚爪哇岛与苏门答腊岛的微型及小型企业（Micro-small Enterprises, MSEs）。本次调研共纳入381家企业，其中微型企业335家，占比87.93%，小型企业46家，占比12.07%。本研究聚焦爪哇岛与苏门答腊岛微型及小型企业的数字技术采纳（Digital Technology Adoption, DTA）、可持续创业（Sustainable Entrepreneurship, SEP）与可持续企业绩效（Sustainable Business Performance, SBP）。
数字技术采纳（DTA）可通过将数字技术整合至企业运营环节以提升企业绩效（AL-allak, 2010; Jha et al., 2022; Lang et al., 2022; Ristyawan, 2020; Sharma et al., 2022; Tamvada et al., 2022）。与此同时，可持续创业实践（SEP）是同时兼顾两大核心目标的创业行为，这两大目标分别为企业发展与可持续性维持（Shepherd & Patzelt, 2011）。最后，可持续企业绩效（SBP）同时考量经济效益与可持续相关效益，即经济、社会与环境维度的综合效益（Le, 2022a; Shepherd & Patzelt, 2011）。