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Author : Susanne Durst
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031508363
Author : Klaus North,Gregorio Varvakis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319273037
This book is a timely guide for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) researchers, policy makers and strategists. SMEs are the most important sources of job creation and local development especially in knowledge-based economies. As turbulence in the globalized economies expands SMEs will have to learn to sustain competitiveness by developing their ‘dynamic capabilities’. Based on the findings of a 4-year European and Latin American research project, this book provides a theoretical framework, practical instruments and cases on how SMEs in diverse economic, social and cultural contexts can develop crisis resilience, increase agility, innovate and thus successfully compete in turbulent times.
Author : Yiu Ha Carmen Chu,Kosmas Smyrnios
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351667081
Political and financial upheaval is not a new phenomenon – from the tulip bulb bubble in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century to Black Monday in 1987, businesses throughout history have worked to adapt and cope. However, today’s climate is even more fraught with crises, raising the levels of concern for business, society, and governments. It especially poses a challenge for small businesses, who have to learn to cope with this increasingly turbulent environment, dealing with the difficulties and taking advantage of the new opportunities that turbulence can provide. Understanding how resilience capabilities can be developed to promote sustainable business is imperative. This book provides a new paradigm for conceptualizing resilience capabilities and advances current understanding both theoretically and practically in real-world business settings. Examining the processes of resilience during different phases of crisis reveals why businesses either fail, or outperform their counterparts during times of turbulence. Based on in-depth empirical research, researchers and advanced students in small business, strategic management and risk management will find this an invaluable guide to organizational resilience.
Author : Susanne Durst,Thomas Henschel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030917272
This book provides an in-depth introduction to crisis management and leadership in SMEs, as well as methods, approaches and cases against the background of different crises; external ones in particular. Featuring contributions from research and practice, this book covers a plethora of SMEs from different sectors to match the diverse nature of small business practice. The combination of a sound theoretical framework for small firm crisis management along with practical instruments/methods and cases, help to improve the organizational resilience of SMEs. The authors also guide the reader to resources beyond the book, including an online “Crisis Toolkit” comprised of material such as further publications, crisis management blueprints, guidelines, checklists, and company cases on crisis management-related issues.
Author : Baporikar, Neeta
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781799874379
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of the modern world, and its impact is felt by all. The pandemic particularly has had a large impact on businesses as they were forced to close, supply chains were disrupted, and new health and safety precautions were adopted. As such, many businesses, especially small businesses, were faced with losses they could not afford. Governments and stakeholders across the world have thus needed to formulate various strategies and interventions to mitigate the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly as they relate to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Handbook of Research on Strategies and Interventions to Mitigate COVID-19 Impact on SMEs is a comprehensive reference source that encapsulates the overall effect of COVID-19 on SMEs and a variety of strategies to overcome the negative effects and create more sustainable policies and organizations moving forward. The book offers a thorough overview of interventions and tactics to help organizations, entrepreneurs, and institutions of higher learning overcome the negative impact of COVID-19 while preparing policies for a more effective post-pandemic world. Covering topics that include sustainable practices for development, interventions to lessen the impact of COVID-19, and psychological resilience for SME employees, this book is Ideal for entrepreneurs, managers, executives, small businesses, family firms, academicians, scholar-practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and students.
Author : Bruno Dallago,Chiara Guglielmetti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415680851
The book explores how, to what extent and with what consequences the international crisis of 2007-2008 and the recession which followed have affected European SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in both the well established market economies of the old member countries and in the post-transformation new member countries, and what can be done at the institutional and political level to uphold them.
Author : International Trade Centre
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789210057660
The SME Competitiveness Outlook 2021 analyses how small businesses can rebuild from the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic so they are better prepared to face the looming crisis of climate change. It provides a 20-point Green Recovery Plan to foster competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The report finds that firms owned by women and young people were hurt more by the pandemic and are more vulnerable to future shocks, such those brought by a changing climate. It shows how business support organizations, governments, lead firms in value chains and international organizations can enable SMEs to strengthen competitiveness, build resilience to climate hazards, and contribute to safeguarding the planet.
Author : Yuval Neria,Raz Gross,Randall D. Marshall,Ezra S. Susser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781139457729
Does terrorism have a unique and significant emotional and behavioral impact among adults and children? In what way does the impact of terrorism exceed the individual level and affect communities and specific professional groups, and test different leadership styles? How were professional communities of mental health clinicians, policy-makers and researchers mobilized to respond to the emerging needs post disaster? What are the lessons learned from the work conducted after 9/11, and the implications for future disaster mental health work and preparedness efforts? Yuval Neria and his team are uniquely placed to answer these questions having been involved in modifying ongoing trials and setting up new ones in New York to address these issues straight after the attacks. No psychiatrist, mental health professional or policy-maker should be without this book.
Author : Javed G. Hussain,Samuel Salia,Jonathan M. Scott
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1802203915
This cutting-edge book explores the impact of pandemic shocks and other crises on businesses. Focusing on growing threats to business resilience, it offers innovative strategies to manage financial change and reposition small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs for success. The expert team of contributors provide multi-dimensional perspectives on how to support businesses to access finance. Focusing on SMEs, the book analyses the diverse coping strategies adopted by firms to resolve entrepreneurial issues. Chapters evaluate the impact of crises on SMEs' finances; the latest developments in debt, equity and asset-based finance; and recent global inflationary pressures. Ultimately, the book argues that SME resilience is central to a strong economy, and swift action from governments, financial institutions, and other stakeholders is needed to curb the liquidity trap faced by businesses. Tackling theoretical, practical and policy issues, this book will be a useful resource for students and researchers of entrepreneurship, financial regulation and the economics of innovation. It will also be an invaluable guide for policymakers and practitioners seeking to boost SME resilience and control economic shocks.
Author : Stephens, Simon
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781799876595
Oftentimes, the owners and entrepreneurs whose small businesses are undergoing financial problems suffer high emotional costs. These individuals can experience significant setbacks in their entrepreneurial journeys as well as depression and other negative emotions from the stress of crisis episodes. However, businesses that are in crisis also provide valuable learning opportunities for adapting and changing in order to successfully face future challenging situations. Cases on Small Business Economics and Development During Economic Crises presents a diverse range of perspectives and insights into global developments in entrepreneurship and captures a diverse collection of methodologies and outcomes from various countries in the realm of small business economics and their development. Including case studies that discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, risk management, and entrepreneurial resiliency, this case book serves as an excellent companion for entrepreneurs, small business owners, managers, executives, economists, business professionals, academicians, students, and researchers.
Author : Kathleen Tierney
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804791403
“This book about risk and disaster—and how they get amplified—is fascinating and hugely important as we face an ever-more-turbulent world.” —Rebecca Solnit, award-winning author of A Field Guide to Getting Lost The first decade of the twenty-first century saw a remarkable number of large-scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that catastrophic events can have on developing countries, while 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina showed that first world nations remain vulnerable. The Social Roots of Risk argues against the widespread notion that cataclysmic occurrences are singular events, driven by forces beyond our control. Instead, Kathleen Tierney contends that disasters of all types—be they natural, technological, or economic—are rooted in common social and institutional sources. Put another way, risks and disasters are produced by the social order itself—by governing bodies, organizations, and groups that push for economic growth, oppose risk-reducing regulation, and escape responsibility for tremendous losses when they occur. Considering a wide range of historical and looming events—from a potential mega-earthquake in Tokyo that would cause devastation far greater than what we saw in 2011, to BP’s accident history prior to the 2010 blowout—Tierney illustrates trends in our behavior, connecting what seem like one-off events to illuminate historical patterns. Like risk, human resilience also emerges from the social order, and this book makes a powerful case that we already have a significant capacity to reduce the losses that disasters produce. A provocative rethinking of the way that we approach and remedy disasters, The Social Roots of Risk leaves readers with a better understanding of how our own actions make us vulnerable to the next big crisis—and what we can do to prevent it. “Brilliant . . . Drawing on a trove of timely case studies, Tierney analyses how factors such as speculative finance and rampant development allow natural and economic blips to tip more easily into catastrophe.” —Nature
Author : Vishnu Kumar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1424639341
As globalization continues to shape the world, supply chains have become increasingly complex, driving critical sectors such as manufacturing, food, and healthcare. At the same time, the global business disruptions triggered by recent events such the COVID-19 pandemic, wars and economic sanctions, have clearly shown the need for manufacturing enterprises to be self-sufficient, resilient, and less dependent on the global supply chains. In the race to recover from these disruptions and to build a resilient supply chain, manufacturing companies are now moving towards a localized ecosystem involving Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs). However, the large enterprises are often devoid of the knowledge and mapping of local or regional SMEs that can be integrated into the supply chain ecosystem. This has created a barrier for effective localization. SMEs on the other hand struggle to integrate themselves into the supply chain, get discovered and enter into partnership with large enterprises due to the lack of resources and effective marketing services. To bridge the research gap in the domain and facilitate the establishment of resilient supply chains, this dissertation aims to address the following fundamental questions: 1. What is the significance of SMEs in the context of localization endeavors, and what opportunities do they present? 2. What computational framework needs to be developed to effectively integrate and represent SMEs in a supply chain ? 3. What database schema is required to search for and filter SMEs within the supply chain representation? 4. What methodologies should be developed to help SMEs predict and select potential partners? 5. How can the framework for an SME supply chain be standardized to enhance interoperability? The first question is comprehensively examined through a case study centered on the innovative biotechnology platform for COVID-19 vaccine production. This case study not only sheds light on the localization initiatives undertaken by pharmaceutical giants but also underscores the pivotal role played by SMEs in the vaccine manufacturing process. Furthermore, this research delves into the specific contributions and significance of SMEs within the PA BioPharma domain, facilitating a precise understanding of the challenges faced by pharmaceutical giants and highlighting the opportunities available to SMEs within a localized supply chain. To address the second and third problems, this dissertation starts with the development of an innovative and robust framework developed using Neo4j Graph database application to effectively represent SMEs and integrate them with the supply chain. This establishes a well-defined method to capture both the company details and their relationship information. To make full use of the graph database as a decision-making tool, the graph database is enriched with semantics to form a Knowledge Graph. The Knowledge Graph representation enables the addition of relationship types and definitions and allows for the development of an effective query-based search mechanism within the supply chain ecosystem. Common questions and specific information, that the enterprises are likely to seek from the knowledge graph, can be programmed as "human readable" dynamic search phrases into the Neo4j database and these can be invoked, as necessary. The performance of this search mechanism built using graph database was evaluated using a variety of simple and complex multi-conditional query prompts and the results were found to be accurate and superior to some of the existing solutions. In response to the fourth problem, the dissertation then develops a machine learning model using XGBoost classifier to predict potential partnership opportunities for enterprises. The proposed model represents partnership prediction as a link prediction problem and is robust enough to use any existing information and engineer new features based on network topology to predict new partners. The performance of this model is evaluated using various metrics and on comparison, was found to perform better than the existing solutions. Additionally, this work uses SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) to enhance the interpretability of the model by highlighting the impact of each input feature on the prediction. Finally, by using Resource Description Framework (RDF), a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standard, along with the addition of widely used Schema.org vocabulary, this dissertation presents a novel methodology to standardize the supply chain framework to enhance its interoperability, thereby addressing the final problem. By examining BioPharma SMEs in Pennsylvania (PA) as a compelling use case, this dissertation presents a proof-of-principle implementation that tackles all the above problems. This will be the first step towards building a more resilient supply chain involving SMEs.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264579316
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs have been hit hard during the COVID-19 crisis. Policy responses were quick and unprecedented, helping cushion the blow and maintain most SMEs and entrepreneurs afloat. Despite the magnitude of the shock, available data so far point to sustained start-ups creation, no wave of bankruptcies, and an impulse to innovation in most OECD countries.
Author : Kurt J. Engemann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317244295
Aware that a single crisis event can devastate their business, managers must be prepared for the worst from an expansive array of threats. The Routledge Companion to Risk, Crisis and Security in Business comprises a professional and scholarly collection of work in this critical field. Risks come in many varieties, and there is a growing concern for organizations to respond to the challenge. Businesses can be severely impacted by natural and man-made disasters including: floods, earthquakes, tsunami, environmental threats, terrorism, supply chain risks, pandemics, and white-collar crime. An organization’s resilience is dependent not only on their own system security and infrastructure, but also on the wider infrastructure providing health and safety, utilities, transportation, and communication. Developments in risk security and management knowledge offer a path towards resilience and recovery through effective leadership in crisis situations. The growing body of knowledge in research and methodologies is a basis for decisions to safeguard people and assets, and to ensure the survivability of an organization from a crisis. Not only can businesses become more secure through risk management, but an effective program can also facilitate innovation and afford new opportunities. With chapters written by an international selection of leading experts, this book fills a crucial gap in our current knowledge of risk, crisis and security in business by exploring a broad spectrum of topics in the field. Edited by a globally-recognized expert on risk, this book is a vital reference for researchers, professionals and students with an interest in current scholarship in this expanding discipline.
Author : Yossi Sheffi
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262250627
Stories from Nokia, Dell, UPS, Toyota, and other companies show how firms can reduce their vulnerability to high-impact distributions, from earthquakes to strikes, from SARS to terrorism, and use them for competitive advantage. What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole supplier for the brake pressure valve used in every Toyota? When a hurricane shuts down production at a Unilever plant? When Dell and Apple chip manufacturers in Taiwan take weeks to recover from an earthquake? When the U.S. Pacific ports are shut down during the Christmas rush? When terrorists strike? In The Resilient Enterprise, Yossi Sheffi shows that companies' fortunes in the face of such business shocks depend more on choices made before the disruption than they do on actions taken in the midst of it—and that resilience benefits firms every day, disaster or no disaster. He shows how companies can build in flexibility throughout their supply chains, based on proven design principles and the right culture—balancing security, redundancy, and short-term profits. And he shows how investments in resilience and flexibility not only reduce risk but create a competitive advantage in the increasingly volatile marketplace.Sheffi describes the way companies can increase security—reducing the likelihood of a disruption—with layered defenses, the tracking and analysis of “near-misses,” fast detection, and close collaboration with government agencies, trading partners, and even competitors. But the focus of the book is on resilience—the ability to bounce back from disruptions and disasters—by building in redundancy and flexibility. For example, standardization, modular design, and collaborative relationships with suppliers (and other stakeholders) can help create a robust supply chain. And a corporate culture of flexibility—with distributed decision making and communications at all levels—can create a resilient enterprise.Sheffi provides tools for companies to reduce the vulnerability of the supply chain they live in. And along the way he tells the stories of dozens of enterprises, large and small, including Toyota, Nokia, General Motors, Zara, Land Rover, Chiquita, Aisin Seiki, Southwest Airlines, UPS, Johnson and Johnson, Intel, Amazon.com, the U.S. Navy, and others, from across the globe. Their successes, failures, preparations, and methods provide a rich set of lessons in preparing for and managing disruptions. Additional material available at www.TheResilientEnterprise.com.