Table 2 The payoff matrix of governments, SMMEs and TDEs when TDEs guide.

From: Government regulatory policies for digital transformation in small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises: an evolutionary game analysis

Governments

Regulate (X)

Not regulate (1 − X)

SMMEs

Conduct DT (Z)

\(\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} { - {\it{C}}_{\it{G}} - {\it{R}}_{\it{E}} - {\it{R}}_{\it{T}} + {\it{R}}_{\it{G}} - {\it{R}}_{\it{S}}} \\ {{\it{R}}_{\it{E}} - {\it{C}}_{\it{E}} + {\it{R}}_{\it{S}} + {\it{R}}_{{\it{GE}}}} \\ { - {\it{C}}_{\it{T}} + {\it{R}}_{\it{T}} + {\it{R}}_{{\it{ZT}}}} \end{array}} \right]\)

\(\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {{\it{R}}_{\it{G}} - {\it{R}}_{\it{S}}} \\ { - {\it{C}}_{\it{E}} + {\it{R}}_{\it{S}} + {\it{R}}_{{\it{GE}}}} \\ { - {\it{C}}_{\it{T}} + {\it{R}}_{{\it{ZT}}}} \end{array}} \right]\)

Guide (Y)

TDEs

Not conduct DT (1 − Z)

\(\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} { - {\it{C}}_{\it{G}} - {\it{R}}_{\it{T}} - {\it{R}}_{\it{S}} + {\it{P}}_{\it{E}}} \\ { - {\it{P}}_{\it{E}} + {\it{R}}_{\it{S}}} \\ { - {\it{C}}_{\it{T}} + {\it{R}}_{\it{T}}} \end{array}} \right]\)

\(\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} { - {\it{L}}_{\it{G}} - {\it{R}}_{\it{S}}} \\ {{\it{R}}_{\it{S}}} \\ { - {\it{C}}_{\it{T}}} \end{array}} \right]\)