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How to Survive a Crisis: Understanding how Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Adapted their Business Models to be Resilient during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof Dr and Prof Dr and Prof Dr Lutz Kolbe, Susanne Strahringer, Alfred Benedikt Brendel

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Universität Göttingen

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Economic impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Which business model adaptations provided small and medium-sized enterprises with the resilience to sustain COVID-19 related measures? The result of this project will be the identification of adaptations regarding the business model for sustaining a crisis. Governments can provide small and medium-sized enterprises with guidelines and assistance regarding business model adaptations besides offering subsidies.