Economics Working Papers, 2025 (vol. 9), issue 3

Change Management in SMEs in the Industry 4.0 Era

Klarner Lukáš

Economics Working Papers 2025, 9(3):4-72 | DOI: 10.32725/ewp.2025.004277  

The main aim of this paper is to evaluate whether the concept of Industry 4.0 influences current change management in small and medium-sized enterprises and what obstacles prevent its wider implementation. An online questionnaire survey was conducted in 2024 to collect data, with 203 respondents from small and medium-sized enterprises participating. The questionnaire focused primarily on topics related to the implementation of changes, awareness of Industry 4.0, and the identification of barriers to the further development of change management and modern technologies. The results show that systematic change management is often neglected in companies,...