Small business responses to a major economic downturn: Empirical perspectives from New Zealand and the United Kingdom

By D. Smallbone, D. Deakins, Martina Battisti, John Kitching. 2012

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions

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What really happens to small and medium-sized enterprises in a global economic recession? UK evidence on sales and job dynamics (2015, unknown): “…can be undermined during economic downturns (e.g. Hilmersson, 2013) and since the outburst of the current financial crisis, there have been some timely studies investigating the impact one of the severest recessions has on the SME sector (e.g. Cowling et al., 2012; Smallbone et al., 2012a).”
Special issue on entrepreneurship and crises: business as usual? An introduction and review of the literature (2018, background): “There are only a few studies on crisis management in the field of entrepreneurship and these tend to be concerned with the actions that entrepreneurs or small businesses take to mitigate the negative effects of a crisis (e.g., Runyan 2006; Herbane 2010; Smallbone et al. 2012; Doern 2016).”
Economic resilience and entrepreneurship: lessons from the Sheffield City Region (2014, background): “Smallbone et al. (2012) found that in response to the crisis UK firms have sought to maintain and increase revenue by diversifying and developing new products and/ or services.”
Startups in times of crisis – A rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, unknown): “Nevertheless there is a body of research on entrepreneurship and crisis management (e.g., Williams & Vorley, 2015; Smallbone et al., 2012; Cowling et al., 2012; Parker et al., 2012) that offers two research streams in particular that could be informative in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Exogenous shocks and the adaptive capacity of family firms: exploring behavioral changes and digital technologies in the COVID‐19 pandemic (2021, background): “…revealing how drastic and survival- threatening the impact of exogenous shocks is for businesses, we find empirical support for phenomena (such as financial crises or major terrorist attacks) described by prior studies in this field (Smallbone et al., 2012; Corbo et al., 2016; Doern et al., 2018).”
Much Ado about Nothing? The Surprising Persistence of Nascent Entrepreneurs through Macroeconomic Crisis (2016, background): “Expecting nascent entrepreneurs to disengage or wait and see is also in line with the vulnerability theme (Smallbone et al., 2012).”
On the notion of regional economic resilience: conceptualization and explanation (2015, background): “Recent research has identified two major types of firm response to recession (Smallbone et al, 2012; Latham, 2009).”
COVID‐19 crisis and SMEs responses: The role of digital transformation (2021, background): “Some also face a liability of newness, meaning that the youngest companies tend to be more vulnerable than older ones (Freeman et al., 1983; Stinchcombe, 1965).”