Attention for business resilience research in the academic world has increased
considerably, despite fragmented literature on definitions, measurements, and of variables
influencing the concept. Therefore, there is a need to take stock of current knowledge on the
areas and structure them to lay the foundation in this field. We also give due attention to the
resilience of SMEs in a highly vulnerable setting (ie, developing countries), as the nature of
this settings requires resilience research attention (in terms of rate of recurrence and …