Economic crises, natural disasters, armed conflict and infectious disease outbreaks,
amongst others, present interlinked challenges for small businesses and have generated a …

This paper surveys the recent literature on the economic impacts of SARS, MERS, and
COVID‐19, which Asian countries have experienced in the past two decades. In particular …

Abstract Effects of the COVID-19 shocks in the Japanese labor market vary across workers
of different age groups, genders, employment types, education levels, occupations, and …

This manuscript studies the impact of the exogenous COVID-19 pandemic shock on small
businesses in the United States. We provide early evidence on how small business owners …

Purpose This study aims to identify how ICT appeared as an emergent business strategy
and to investigate the impact of ICT adoption factors on the perceived benefits of micro …

This study conducts both theoretical and empirical analyses of how non-legally-binding
COVID-19 policies affect people's going-out behavior. The theoretical analysis assumes that …

Based on a nationally representative survey on SMEs in China, we study the impact of
government policy interventions on SMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings are …

Firms have exited the market since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. To evaluate the
number of firms exiting the market and their exit rate, we construct a simple model, in which …

This paper provides an overview of the Japanese government's response to the COVID-19
crisis in terms of the fiscal measures taken between January and June 2020. As the crisis …

Using a survey of and financial data for Japanese small-and medium-enterprises (SMEs),
this paper examines the determinants of firms' use of the business support programs …