Figure 3
“The flowchart begins at Level 6, where three rectangles are present. From left to right, they are labeled “Organizational Constraints (B 3),” “Entrepreneurial Technical Inability (B 5),” and “Non-Availability of Technical Standards and New Technology Accreditation (B 9).” These are connected by bidirectional arrows. Solid arrows from each rectangle at Level 6 extend upward and connect to the rectangle “Employment Work Interruption (B 2)” at Level 5. A solid arrow from Level 5 points upward and connects to the rectangle “Lack of Skilled Workforce (B 7)” at Level 4. Two solid arrows extend upward from “Lack of Skilled Workforce (B 7)” and connect to two rectangles placed side by side at Level 3. These rectangles are labeled “Insufficient Digital and Physical Infrastructure (B 6)” and “Ambiguity About Digital Investment (B 11).” Both rectangles are connected by a double-headed arrow. Above Level 3, Level 2 contains a rectangle labeled “Inadequate Training for Digital Competencies (B 8).” A solid arrow from “Insufficient Digital and Physical Infrastructure (B 6)” connects to “Inadequate Training for Digital Competencies (B 8)” at Level 2. A dashed arrow from “Ambiguity About Digital Investment (B 11)” connects to “Inadequate Training for Digital Competencies (B 8)” at Level 2. A solid arrow from “Inadequate Training for Digital Competencies (B 8)” connects to the rectangle at the top in Level 1, which is labeled “High Initial Investment Cost (B 13).” Dashed arrows from “Insufficient Digital and Physical Infrastructure (B 6)” and “Ambiguity About Digital Investment (B 11)” also connect to “High Initial Investment Cost (B 13).” Additionally, the rectangles “Organizational Constraints (B 3)” and “Non-Availability of Technical Standards and New Technology Accreditation (B 9)” in Level 6 are connected to the rectangles “Insufficient Digital and Physical Infrastructure (B 6)” and “Ambiguity About Digital Investment (B 11),” respectively, at Level 3, by dashed arrows.Interpretive structural model of the barriers. Source: Authors’ own work
