<codeBook xmlns="ddi:codebook:2_5" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="ddi:codebook:2_5 https://ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Codebook/2.5/XMLSchema/codebook.xsd" version="2.5" xml:lang="de-DE"><docDscr><citation><titlStmt><titl xml:lang="de-DE">Digitalisation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in North Rhine-Westphalia: Firm Survey 2023</titl><IDNo agency="DOI">doi:10.83693/DAPU-TEST.NRW/XFKRG2</IDNo></titlStmt><distStmt><distrbtr source="archive">DataPublication.nrw</distrbtr><distDate>2026-10-16</distDate></distStmt><verStmt source="archive"><version date="2026-10-16" type="RELEASED">1</version></verStmt><biblCit>FernUniversität in Hagen, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, 2026, "Digitalisation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in North Rhine-Westphalia: Firm Survey 2023", https://doi.org/10.83693/DAPU-TEST.NRW/XFKRG2, DataPublication.nrw, V1</biblCit></citation></docDscr><stdyDscr><citation><titlStmt><titl xml:lang="de-DE">Digitalisation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in North Rhine-Westphalia: Firm Survey 2023</titl><IDNo agency="DOI">doi:10.83693/DAPU-TEST.NRW/XFKRG2</IDNo></titlStmt><rspStmt><AuthEnty>FernUniversität in Hagen, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics</AuthEnty></rspStmt><prodStmt/><distStmt><distrbtr source="archive">DataPublication.nrw</distrbtr><contact email="support@datapublication.nrw">DataPublication.nrw Team</contact><depositr>FernUniversität in Hagen</depositr></distStmt><holdings URI="https://doi.org/10.83693/DAPU-TEST.NRW/XFKRG2"/></citation><stdyInfo><subject><keyword xml:lang="en">Business and Management</keyword><keyword xml:lang="de-DE">Business and Management</keyword><keyword>SME</keyword><keyword>digitalisation</keyword><keyword>firm survey</keyword><keyword>DaPu demo</keyword></subject><abstract xml:lang="de-DE">Firm-level survey data on digital maturity, ERP adoption and revenue development of SMEs across sectors. Firm identifiers are anonymised and regional information is removed.

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