{"id":7367,"date":"2017-05-16T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=7367"},"modified":"2017-04-10T08:42:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T16:42:28","slug":"innovation-small-businesses-that-adopt-digital-are-more-likely-to-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/innovation-small-businesses-that-adopt-digital-are-more-likely-to-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation: Small Businesses that Adopt Digital are More Likely to Succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Small businesses that have adopted digital technologies are seeing\u00a0improved growth and business success.<\/p>\n<p>A study by IDC and commissioned by Sage, found the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>56 percent of small businesses have adopted digital technologies, but the remaining businesses still work in traditional ways<\/li>\n<li>57 percent of small business say that digital business models offer a significant opportunity<\/li>\n<li>More than half of SMBs say that they are ready to take on disruption that may result by adopting digital technologies<\/li>\n<li>A third of small businesses say that new digital technologies have enabled their businesses to innovate<\/li>\n<li>Only 8 percent of small businesses say that they are able to dedicate quality time on being innovation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cathy-daum-209469\/\">Cathy Daum<\/a>, senior vice president\u00a0at SAP, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itproportal.com\/news\/new-technology-is-propelling-smbs-forward\/\">said that<\/a>\u00a0digital innovation helps small companies &#8220;strengthen business networks, improve mobile worker enablement and help become a more agile organization by investing in areas such as cloud-based services. 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