Economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on entrepreneurship and small businesses

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The existential threat to small businesses, based on their crucial role in the economy, is behind the plethora of scholarly studies in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining the 14 contributions of the special issue on the 'Economic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses,' the paper comprises four parts: a systematic review of the literature on the effect on entrepreneurship and small businesses; a discussion of four literature strands based on this review; an overview of the contributions in this special issue; and some ideas for post-pandemic economic research.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 1961

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Entrepreneurship ; Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
• Subject: Small businesses ; Entrepreneurs ; COVID-19 pandemic ; Economic effects

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Belitski, Maksim ; Günther, Christina ; Kritikos, Alexander ; Thurik, Adriaan R.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/236749
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET