Ernst & Young / Industry 4.0Lack of skilled workers slows down digitalization
Hardly any company can avoid digital technology. SMEs in particular are not as good at driving forward the digitalization of their business. This is shown by a recent study of 2000 companies by Ernst & Young. One of the reasons: the shortage of skilled workers.
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On average, large companies rate digital technologies as an opportunity significantly more often than smaller companies (27 vs. 21%). Digital technologies are only perceived as a threat by a small minority (4 vs. 7%).