News from 2018-03-17 / KfW Research

Digitalisation in German SMEs: state of implementation and investment

For the first time, the KfW SME Panel surveyed whether small and medium-sized enterprises are conducting digitalisation projects and how much they spend on them. The key findings are:

  • Total investment for digitalisation in 2016: only EUR 14 billion
  • Only one in four SMEs with completed digitalisation projects
  • Small businesses are particularly hesitant
  • Knowledge-based service providers and R&D-intensive manufacturing are pioneers

Digitalisation in German SMEs: state of implementation and investment

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