This paper is set to explore the role of individual-level behaviours and actions in the digital transformation of international SMEs. This is particularly important since little is known regarding the extent to which entrepreneurs and decision-makers manage the digitalisation process. Thus, building on the theory of planned behaviour, this research focuses on individual-level micro-foundations in the digital transformation of small and medium internationalisers. The paper benefits from a mixed-method synthesis. First, through a systematic review of literature, we identified twenty-seven factors in four inclusive categories. Then, they have been narrowed down to the top seven individual-level micro-foundations, using Intuitionistic Fuzzy Delphi based on Normalised Hamming Distance. Subsequently, Intuitionistic Fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory analysis is applied to disentangle the causality and effectuality as well as conceptual framework to depict their interrelationships. Our findings contribute to the digital transformation research by developing six propositions that explore the relationships between SMEs’ micro-foundations at the individual level.

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企业家作为战略转型管理者：探索中小型国际企业数字化转型的微观基础

本文旨在探讨个人层面的行为和行动在国际中小企业数字化转型中的作用。这一点尤其重要，因为人们对企业家和决策者管理数字化过程的程度知之甚少。因此，本研究以计划行为理论为基础，重点关注中小型国际化企业数字化转型中个人层面的微观基础。该论文受益于混合方法合成。首先，通过对文献的系统回顾，我们确定了四个包容性类别中的二十七个因素。然后，使用基于归一化汉明距离的直觉模糊德尔菲法将它们缩小到前七个个人级别的微观基础。随后，应用直觉模糊决策试验和评估实验室分析来理清因果关系和效果以及描述它们相互关系的概念框架。我们的研究结果通过提出六个命题来探索中小企业微观基础在个体层面上的关系，从而为数字化转型研究做出贡献。