Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a pandemic: A systematic review of pandemic risk impacts, coping strategies and resilience

MO Erdiaw-Kwasie, M Abunyewah, S Yusif, P Arhin - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are particularly vulnerable to pandemics.
Therefore, resilience and adaptation to shocks from pandemics such as COVID-19 are …

Research agenda on turnaround strategies beyond systemic disruptions

F Castelló-Sirvent, V Roger-Monzó - Journal of Organizational …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Since the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), the shocks are getting deeper and deeper
on the economy, sectors and companies. In these years, turnaround strategies have evolved …

Weathering the storm: what successful SMEs are doing to beat the pandemic

DAB Marconatto, EG Teixeira, GA Peixoto… - Management …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the configurations of working capital and
customer and supplier diversification employed by successful small and medium-sized …

Institutions, financial development, and small business survival: Evidence from European emerging markets

I Iwasaki, E Kočenda, Y Shida - Small Business Economics, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, we traced the survival status of 94,401 small businesses in 17 European
emerging markets from 2007 to 2017 and empirically examined the determinants of their …

[PDF][PDF] The performance determinants of trading companies: A stakeholder perspective

Z Tousek, J Hinke, B Malinska… - Journal of …, 2021 - researchgate.net
This research aims to propose a model adding to the competitiveness of companies by
identifying factors that determine the profitability of the selected companies (both publicly …

Chaos and complexity: Entrepreneurial planning during pandemic

MD Pathak, B Kar, MC Panda - Journal of Global Entrepreneurship …, 2022 - Springer
Entrepreneurs are argued to have higher foresight, ability to handle complex situations, and
superior planning. This qualitative study attempted to validate these assertions in the …

Rescaling: Change agency and the emerging geography of economic relationships

M Grillitsch, B Asheim, N Lowe… - Progress in Human …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, we propose a theoretical and conceptual framework for articulating and
studying changes in the global economic landscape and illustrate this framework in the …

The first turnaround response of family firms in a crisis situation

G Laffranchini, J Hadjimarcou, SH Kim - Journal of family business strategy, 2022 - Elsevier
Building on recent advances in the socioemotional wealth (SEW) literature and the concept
of bifurcation bias, we explore the first turnaround response of family firms to a decline in …

SMEs filing for bankruptcy in Spain: The best of luck!

FJ Sánchez-Vidal, JH García Marí… - BRQ Business …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this work is to analyze the factors that help companies avoid liquidation following
the spirit of the Spanish insolvency law. This work focuses on the phase starting when …

[PDF][PDF] Selected demographic determinants of CSR, financial & environmental management and business ethics in SMEs

Z Metzker - Journal of Business Sectors, 2024 - researchgate.net
Research background: Small and medium-sized enterprises are at the heart of the business
environment in every country. At the same time, emphasis is placed on the environmental …