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COVIDWISE - Addressing COVID Challenges through Temporary Social Enterprises

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    Innovationsfonden Denmark

  • Principal Investigator

    N/A

  • Research Location

    Denmark

  • Lead Research Institution

    Copenhagen Business School (CBS)

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Social impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

The COVID-19 crisis requires an entrepreneurial spirit that meets the immediate societal needs during the crisis - knowing that demand will eventually stop with the crisis and thus make the underlying business obsolete. The aim of the project is to analyze various societal needs caused by the COVID-19 crisis and then identify opportunities for temporary entrepreneurship that can meet these needs. The project will generate 28 temporary entrepreneurs and help them identify temporary needs and opportunities to meet them. In addition, one will create successful temporary business models as well as finally go back to the normal economy after the crisis is over. The results of the project will be tools,