Digitalization processes in small and medium-sized businesses in the context of a pandemic
The rapid spread of technology, accelerated by the pandemic, has created an urgent need to adapt the world's small and medium-sized businesses. The author identified the key features of the development and application of technologies in the new realities for small and medium-sized businesses, relying on the fact that technologies can become an absolute benefit for society if small and medium-sized businesses, as well as the government, prepare and adapt them. The research is carried out in order to determine the main trends of changes in the digital economy and small and medium-sized businesses during a pandemic. Based on the described patterns and paths of transition, small and medium-sized enterprises will be able to quickly rebuild their own economy using technology and modernize training programs to train their employees with the best skills and introduce new business models. These and other tools that smooth the transition are discussed in this article and will be useful for leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises and the state. With the right joint steps, they can build a new future, using the crisis as a period for new opportunities.