COVID-19 pandemic resiliencePurpose This research investigates the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies (I4.0) on the resilience of manufacturing firms against the COVID-19 pandemic. The study explores the media
Therefore, while there seems to be a consensus in the literature that firms produce higher levels of performance in terms of profitability, it is also important to examine their cash standings and their responses during the pandemic. We show that R&D activities not only provide firms with growth...
1 In response to ensuing COVID-19 pandemic, governments imposed widespread restrictions, such as closing physical stores, curbing population mobility, and implementing lockdowns in an attempt to flatten the sudden peak in infection (Michie, 2020). Consequently, economic activity severely declined ...
Japan's Ramen Bars Struggle to Stay Open as COVID Hammers Small Firms More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Sixty-year-old Yashiro Haga serves ramen at his noodle shop 'Shirohachi', amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato...
COVID-19 has hit us all unexpectedly. Nevertheless, this pandemic requires decisive actions. Taking this as a starting point, this empirical study investigates how small companies from Estonia have been coping with COVID-19 so far. The article contributes to the study of crisis management in ...
In short, the industry is slowly gaining speed as we push into peak holiday hiring season. Companies are nervously watching as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold and impacts their ability to hire and retain full-time employees. This means they will likely rely on temporary help from st...
3 September 2022 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022 Abstract Drawing on the original survey of Japanese firms during the COVID-19 pandemic, we estimate the impact of the crisis on firms' sales, employment and hours...
more SD during the Covid-19 pandemic. This was true when firms were (a) long-established, (b) isomorphic in their CSR, and (c) major employers and vendors. Moreover, CSR relating to the treatment of employees as well as positive and negative extremes in CSR bore especially strong ...
COVID-19 prompts a flight to perceived safety On balance, respondents are more selective with regard to placing bets on emerging technologies. As shown in the graphic below, 44% of respondents indicate they will decrease spending on emerging technologies as a direct result of the pandemic. ...
PandemicUsing an event study methodology, this paper examines how European firms have been affected by the announcement of the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPPdoi:10.2139/ssrn.3683798Demirgü-Kunt, AsliHorváth, Bálint L.Huizinga, Harry...