The COVID-19 pandemic has hit small businesses especially hard with lockdown measures
and limitations to operating models. As a response, businesses have cut back on costs …

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has entailed a critical situation for small-and medium-
sized enterprises (SMEs) since restrictions on business activity have been imposed by …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the effects and ways to confront the
devastating effects of the COVID-19 crisis and develop a theoretical framework to facilitate …

ABSTRACT COVID-19 has hit us all unexpectedly. Nevertheless, this pandemic requires
decisive actions. Taking this as a starting point, this empirical study investigates how small …

Apart from the Spanish flu after World War I, the biggest global natural disaster of the past
100 years has been the coronavirus epidemic, which has had a serious impact on the …

During the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucial to check up on small entrepreneurs
in order to assist them immediately and efficiently. Customer service providers are the most …

Our qualitative study of 13 Norwegian startups, aim to answer how the entrepreneurial stage
affects resilience in terms of opportunity recognition and exploitation, obtaining funding, and …

This article draws attention to the social context and working methods in crisis management.
Based on 1000 interviews with business leaders in Swedish small‐and medium‐sized …

The period roughly from 2020 and well into 2022 has been one of the most challenging for
small businesses around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact …

This chapter presents main challenges to the field of corporate crisis management and crisis
communication, as well as to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during the Covid …