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SLOVAK SMES FACING NEW CHALLENGES (WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)
Today's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face many challenges associated with the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI), which offers a wide range of opportunities to improve efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability. Currently, there are a number of diverse factors affecting the operations of SMEs in Slovakia, and these factors can be divided into general ones, which affect SMEs regardless of the sector in which they operate, and specific ones, which take into account sector specificities. In the context of AI implementation, these factors are determined by the state of knowledge, the sector of AI implementation and the relationships of AI implementation to other environmental factors that determine the consequences. The aim of this paper is to explore the opportunities and challenges of AI implementation in Slovak SMEs, and based on the obtained information, to propose a framework for AI implementation in these enterprises. The conclusion of the article is that proper implementation of AI can help SMEs gain strategic advantage, but as it brings benefits it also brings risks that need to be faced.
Release: 2024/1 Pages: 13-21 JEL classification: O33, O39
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52665/ser20240102
Keywords: artificial intelligence, Slovak SMEs, new challenges, benefits, risks
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Contacts:
Jozef Klučka, assoc. prof., Ing., PhD.
University of Žilina
Faculty of Security Engineering
Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovak republic
e-mail: jozef.klucka@fsi.uniza.sk
Lukrécia Hunková, Ing.
Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín
Faculty of Social and Economic Relations
Študentská 3, 911 50 Trenčín, Slovak republic
email: lukrecia.hunkova@tnuni.sk
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