ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|20 pages

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and COVID-19

A European Perspective

chapter 3|37 pages

Finland and the COVID-19 Crisis

SMEs and Financial Risk

chapter 4|26 pages

Poland and the COVID-19 Crisis

Strategies of Small Polish Printing Companies

chapter 5|23 pages

Estonia and the COVID-19 Crisis

Changes in Markets and Business Models in Tourism Sector

chapter 6|18 pages

Latvia and the COVID-19 Crisis

Innovation in Electronics Manufacturing

chapter 7|20 pages

Lithuania and the COVID-19 Crisis

Digitalization, Self-organization, and Creative Industry Ecosystem