Digitalization of Slovakian Enterprises in the Context of the Pandemic

The article deals with the need for digitalization of Slovak businesses. The events of the last few years have forced companies to take urgent measures that they either planned to take in a much longer time horizon or did not plan to take at all. In response to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, states adopted measures to which the business sector had to react. And Slovak entrepreneurs were no exception. The population did not get to traditional brick-and-mortar stores because, on the one hand, state-ordered measures to prevent the movement of people and, on the other hand, regulations to close many businesses were adopted. In addition, employees switched to home offices and distance learning schools. All this contributed to the fact that businesses that wanted to survive had to quickly move to the online space, which is not possible without digitalizing their processes. The article focuses on the digitalization process of Slovak companies and describes the advantages and disadvantages of digitalization. As part of the article, a questionnaire was developed, through which it was monitored what tools companies used before the pandemic and what changes they were forced to make as a result. Demands for accelerated digitization brought many positive factors to businesses, but also put them in front of new tasks and requirements for which they were often not prepared, and their solution required quick reactions.