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. 2021 Aug 22:1–2. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s10479-021-04235-5

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Small and medium-sized enterprises' contribution in digital technology

Girish Santosh Bagale 1, Venkata Ramana Vandadi 2, Deepmala Singh 3, Dilip Kumar Sharma 4, Durga Venkata Kusuma Garlapati 5, Ravi Kumar Bommisetti 6, Ravi Kumar Gupta 7, Roy Setsiawan 8, V Subramaniyaswamy 9, Sudhakar Sengan 10,
PMCID: PMC8380302  PMID: 34456411

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6/8/2023

This article was retracted on 3 June 2023.


The Editor-in-Chief and the publisher have retracted this article. The article was submitted to be part of a guest-edited issue. An investigation by the publisher found a number of articles, including this one, with a number of concerns, including but not limited to compromised editorial handling and peer review process, inappropriate or irrelevant references or not being in scope of the journal or guest-edited issue. Based on the investigation's findings the Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article.

Authors Ravi Kumar Bommisetti, Roy Setsiawan, V. Subramaniyaswamy and Sudhakar Sengan disagree with this retraction. Authors Girish Santosh Bagale, Venkata Ramana Vandadi, Deepmala Singh, Dilip Kumar Sharma, Durga Venkata Kusuma Garlapati and Ravi Kumar Gupta have not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction. The online version of this article contains the full text of the retracted article as Supplementary Information.

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The Editor-in-Chief and the publisher have retracted this article. The article was submitted to be part of a guest-edited issue. An investigation by the publisher found a number of articles, including this one, with a number of concerns, including but not limited to compromised editorial handling and peer review process, inappropriate or irrelevant references or not being in scope of the journal or guest-edited issue. Based on the investigation's findings the Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article. Authors Ravi Kumar Bommisetti, Roy Setsiawan, V. Subramaniyaswamy and Sudhakar Sengan disagree with this retraction. Authors Girish Santosh Bagale, Venkata Ramana Vandadi, Deepmala Singh, Dilip Kumar Sharma, Durga Venkata Kusuma Garlapati and Ravi Kumar Gupta have not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction. The online version of this article contains the full text of the retracted article as Supplementary Information.

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Contributor Information

Girish Santosh Bagale, Email: girishbagale08@gmail.com.

Venkata Ramana Vandadi, Email: vvramana.ap@gmail.com.

Deepmala Singh, Email: 2udeepmala@gmail.com.

Dilip Kumar Sharma, Email: dilipsharmajiet@gmail.com.

Durga Venkata Kusuma Garlapati, Email: kusuma_gdv@yahoo.co.in.

Ravi Kumar Bommisetti, Email: ravi9949418650@yahoo.com.

Ravi Kumar Gupta, Email: ravikumareco@gmail.com.

Roy Setsiawan, Email: roy@petra.ac.id.

V. Subramaniyaswamy, Email: vsubramaniyaswamy@gmail.com

Sudhakar Sengan, Email: sudhasengan@gmail.com.

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