Digital Adoption and Financial Performance: Evidence From Indonesian SMES in Food and Beverage
Sector
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inclusion, TAM can be used to understand how individuals and SMEs access and receive digital
financial services. The purpose of this model is to find out what are its internal elements, external
factors can also influence individual beliefs and intentions, and are used according to technology
determined based on behavioral intentions.
The Effect of Digital Adoption on SMEs Financial Performance
The development of digital finance is believed to increase productivity and encourage
economic development (Demirgüç-Kunt et al., 2020). Furthermore, Huang et al (2022) explained
that digital finance can drive increased consumption of the population by expanding the scope of
financial services and optimizing the payment environment. (Ozili, 2018) Digital finance has
many benefits, such as digital finance can lead to greater financial inclusion, digital finance has
the potential to provide affordable, convenient, and safe banking services for poor individuals in
developing countries, digital finance also has benefits for financial and monetary system
regulators as full-scale adoption of digital finance can significantly reduce the circulation of
counterfeit (or counterfeit) money, and others. Then, in fact, if you have access to digital
financing, it will have an impact on business performance profits (Abbasi & Weigand, 2017;
Ozili, 2018) Finally, digital finance can improve SMEs operational efficiency, because it can
improve the quality of SMEs information disclosure, and build an effective information sharing
mechanism to improve SMEs operational efficiency.
Furthermore, the payment system is divided into two, namely digital payments and traditional
payments. Payments are traditionally made through cash, checks, or credit cards while digital
payments are made using certain software, payment cards, and electronic money (Noviana &;
Darma, 2020). The adoption of digital payments provides convenience compared to traditional
payments for users because users can pay without having to move places, and users can not have
to worry about changing money differences. (Prahiawan et al., 2021), the application of digital
payments can help manage their finances to achieve a goal or goal, which is to generate large
profits so that businesses become good and have the ability to determine and respond to changes
in the economy, business environment, finance and decision-making ability will create innovative
solutions for improving financial performance and business sustainability of SMEs activities
Finally, digital adoption, in the current era of digitalization, digital marketing adoption can
be used to market, communicate and make transactions at any time / real time. Social media
allows organic marketing at no cost or cheap, where companies create content and share it with
media users (Lipsman et al., 2012). Furthermore, through social media can be a place to find
information and insights about the market, competitors, and potential customers and their needs
(Parveen et al., 2016). In the business world, digital marketing strategies are believed to increase
sales turnover and can cause changes in consumer behavior in choosing and making buying and
selling transactions (Peter et al., 2020; Pollák &; Markovič, 2021; Putra & Santoso, 2020). From
these explanations, hypotheses are built, as follows:
H
1
: Digital finance has a significant and positive effect on the financial performance of SMEs
H
2
: Digital payments have a significant and positive effect on the financial performance of SMEs
H
3
: Digital marketing has a significant and positive effect on the financial performance of SMEs
The Power of Financial Literacy as Moderator
Financial literacy is considered a strong intellectual capital in the performance of SMEs. In
the world of SMEs, financing is one of the main problems faced by SMEs related to their
innovation activities (Brancati, 2015). For this reason, it is important to analyze the mechanisms
owned by SMEs managers to encourage access to financing and be able to carry out their
innovation activities (García-Pérez-de-Lema et al., 2021). (Bayrakdaroğlu & Şan, 2014) Good
financial literacy participates more actively in financial markets, then achieves more favorable
access to credit (Hakim et al., 2018). García-Pérez-de-Lema et al (2021) Financial literacy can
help in reducing financial constraints. Financial literacy is believed to improve the performance
of SMEs in the business environment by strengthening the organization's knowledge base
(Jappelli & Padula, 2013; Lusardi et al., 2014). Ye & Kulathunga (2019) Financial literacy is a
source of knowledge that determines the sustainability of SMEs. Therefore, increasing knowledge
about financial literacy is indeed very significant and imperative for the performance of SMEs.