First of all, the main barriers to small businesses adopting digital technologies have been identified as follows. First is the lack of resources, people, and understanding of digital technologies and understanding of their implementation in the company. Second is process and organizational issues, management issues, leadership issues, so things related to the corporation itself. Third is a lack of financial resources. These three have been identified in interviews, discussions, and analyses of hundreds of companies as the main barriers to adoption of digital technology.
Of course, we've tried to work on some of them. We can work more with a company. For example, on resources, if a company does not have the resources in-house, we bring the best experts from colleges, other organizations, or private consultants into the company. If they want to hire, we support them in hiring specialized personnel.
In terms of organizational changes necessary for the company to make before bringing in technologies, we help them too with industrial engineers, with advisory services, to make those necessary changes in the organization.
Of course, for the financial support we have our program. We work with organizations such as the BDC, which can provide loans for the acquisition of the equipment, and other financial organizations.