Los efectos de los procesos de digitalización y las competencias digitales en los resultados de las pymes

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Esteban Lafuente
Albena Pergelova
Desislava Yordanova

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La digitalización está transformando la competitividad de las pymes; sin embargo, los resultados de diversas investigaciones muestran que los efectos de los procesos de digitalización en el rendimiento empresarial distan de ser claros. Las tecnologías digitales generan valor mediante el desarrollo de capacidades y la orquestación estratégica, y este editorial presenta los ocho artículos incluidos en el volumen especial, los cuales adoptan diversas perspectivas para analizar la conexión entre digitalización y rendimiento empresarial. Los artículos incluidos en este volumen especial integran diferentes perspectivas teóricas y enfoques metodológicos para explicar los resultados heterogéneos resultantes de los procesos de digitalización. Los trabajos destacan mecanismos operativos (p. ej., la integración de la tecnología digital y las rutinas de innovación) y estratégicos (p. ej., el desarrollo de la estrategia digital, los factores gerenciales y contextuales) que configuran las dimensiones de rendimiento financiero, de  innovación, orientado a la sostenibilidad, y estratégico. El volumen especial refuerza la visión de que la digitalización es un proceso organizacional complejo. El editorial concluye identificando direcciones prometedoras para futuras investigaciones sobre las
complementariedades de las capacidades digitales y los riesgos de la transformación digital.

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Lafuente, E., Pergelova, A., & Yordanova, D. (2026). Los efectos de los procesos de digitalización y las competencias digitales en los resultados de las pymes. TEC Empresarial, 20(2), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.18845/te.v20i2.8627
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