Entrepreneurship, innovation, and crisis: SME responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
- New York Routledge 2022
- xvi, 180 p.
Table of Contents Preface Joanna Duda and Rafał Kusa
1. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and COVID-19: A European Perspective Agnieszka Peszko and Marcin Suder
2. Impact of Crisis on SME Creativity and Growth Joanna Duda, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
3. Finland and the COVID-19 Crisis: SMEs and Financial Risks Erkki K. Laitinen and Teija Laitinen
4. Poland and the COVID-19 Crisis: Strategies of Small Polish Printing Companies Rafał Kusa, Marcin Suder and Margarita Dunska
5. Estonia and the COVID-19 Crisis: Changes in Markets and Business Models in Tourism Sector Ülle Pärl, Tiina Viin and Marit Piirman
6. Latvia and the COVID-19 Crisis: Innovation in Electronica Manufacturing Ilona Baumane-Vītoliņa, Margarita Dunska, Jelena Komele, Mārcis Dzelme and Madara Brenčeva
7. Lithuania and the COVID-19 Crisis: Digitalization, Self-organization, and Creative Industry Ecosystem Kristina Grumadaite, Jolita Ceicyte, Monika Petraite and Reda Bernotaite
8. Mitigating impact of crisis in the multi-industry perspective – summary of the studies Joanna Duda and Rafał Kusa
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Crisis: SME Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic aims to address the conditions for the operations of SMEs during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the governmental support for entrepreneurs in such industries as tourism, manufacturing, recycling, education, and printing as well as the creative industry.
Through the presentation of various strategies for the functioning and development of companies under crisis conditions along with new management approaches for coping with them, this book discusses the conditions for the operations of SMEs during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the support for entrepreneurs that has been offered by the governments of different countries.
This approach will allow our results to be useful for a wide audience – making it especially valuable to researchers, academics, policymakers, and advanced students who are interested in crises, entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises, and strategic management.