Continuous innovation is very much needed by small and medium enterprises (SMEs), however many SMEs still use traditional or closed approaches to innovation. Digital technological transformation has become a necessity for long-term survival and development in all SMEs, but currently there is no systematic definition of the innovation performance of SMEs that use digital technology. Seeing this, by using visual analysis of knowledge maps, this paper systematically identifies the role of the use of digital technology in measuring SME innovation performance using data on Scopus to provide references and inspiration for future researchers. The development of researchers who take up the topic of SMEs’ innovation performance from 2004 to 2023 is quite increasing, but there are very few who take up technology adoption in measuring SMEs’ innovation performance because researchers always focus on the new products produced. Based on research findings, it can be concluded that more and more SMEs are achieving innovation performance by adopting technology because many SMEs already have digital platform capabilities so this can influence SME innovation performance. However, in several other studies, technology adoption cannot be used as a reference in improving innovation performance.

technology adoption; innovation performance; SMEs; innovation performance in SMEs; systematic literature review; VOSviewer

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