Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Crisis: SME Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business)

"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"-- Provided by publisher Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Crisis: SME Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic aims to address the conditions for the operations of small and medium-sized enterprises (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. Cover 1 Endorsements 2 Half Title 4 Series Page 5 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Table of Contents 8 List of illustrations 9 List of contributors 11 Preface 15 1. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and COVID-19: A European Perspective 18 2. Impact of the Crisis on SME Creativity and Growth 38 3. Finland and the COVID-19 Crisis: SMEs and Financial Risk 63 4. Poland and the COVID-19 Crisis: Strategies of Small Polish Printing Companies 100 5. Estonia and the COVID-19 Crisis: Changes in Markets and Business Models in Tourism Sector 126 6. Latvia and the COVID-19 Crisis: Innovation in Electronics Manufacturing 149 7. Lithuania and the COVID-19 Crisis: Digitalization, Selforganization, and Creative Industry Ecosystem 167 8. Mitigating the Impact of the Crisis in a Multi-industry Perspective: Summary of Studies 187 Index 195 1,Small,and,Medium-Sized,Enterprises,and,COVID-19;,2,Impact,of,the,Crisis,on,SME,Creativity,and,Growth;,3,Finland,and,the,COVID-19,Crisis;,4,Poland,and,the,COVID-19,Crisis;,5,Estonia,and,the,COVID-19,Crisis;,6,Latvia,and,the,COVID-19,Crisis;,7,Lithuania,and,the,COVID-19,Crisis;,8,Mitigating,the,Impact,of,the,Crisis,in,a,Multi-industry,Perspective 1 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and COVID-19,2 Impact of the Crisis on SME Creativity and Growth,3 Finland and the COVID-19 Crisis,4 Poland and the COVID-19 Crisis,5 Estonia and the COVID-19 Crisis,6 Latvia and the COVID-19 Crisis,7 Lithuania and the COVID-19 Crisis,8 Mitigating the Impact of the Crisis in a Multi-industry Perspective