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 Volume 11, Issue 4 (April 2024), Pages: 207-215

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 Original Research Paper

Digital transformation in Vietnam: A case study of Hanoi SMEs

 Author(s): 

 Luong Ngoc Minh 1, Nguyen Ngoc Tan 1, Dinh Van Toan 2, Truong Duc Thao 3, *, Nguyen Thanh Huyen 3, Nguyễn Thu Hoài 4

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Business Administration and Tourism, Hanoi University, Hanoi, Vietnam
 2VNU Center for Education Accreditation (VNU-CEA), Hanoi, Vietnam
 3Faculty of E-Commerce and Digital Economy, Dai Nam University, Hanoi, Vietnam
 4Faculty of Economics and Management, Thang Long University, Hoàng Mai, Vietnam

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1160-4312

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.04.022

 Abstract

This research involved surveying 456 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Hanoi, Vietnam, to understand the factors that affect their digital transformation. After gathering the data, it was analyzed using advanced statistical methods, specifically Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), with the help of software tools like SPSS and AMOS. The findings revealed six key factors that play a significant role in the digital transformation of SMEs. These factors mostly impact the process indirectly by shaping the companies' intentions toward digital transformation, with a less direct influence on the transformation process itself.

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Digital transformation, SMEs, Structural equation modeling, Digital transformation intention

 Article history

 Received 5 December 2023, Received in revised form 15 April 2024, Accepted 18 April 2024

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No Acknowledgment.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Minh LN, Tan NN, Toan DV, Thao TD, Huyen NT, and Hoài NT (2024). Digital transformation in Vietnam: A case study of Hanoi SMEs. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(4): 207-215

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