The COVID-19 Effect in Mexican SMEs

COVID-19 in Management Studies: A Systematic Literature Review

“…In this context, most authors study and investigate the impacts of the pandemic on the management of these companies. Although SMEs have characteristics that make them flexible and resilient to crises and external factor, COVID-19 has also led to profound problems for this category [19] (p. 104).…”

“…The numerous researches make it necessary, at the same time, to have an organic and systematized vision to fully understand the implications of this pandemic and to grasp points of contact and synergies in different fields of study. In the managerial fields, few contributions have started a process of systematization of the literature [15,19]. However, the speed of development of the pandemic's consequences and of the related studies requires constant investigation and updating of the analysis.…”

“…Furthermore, the aim of the authors is to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on overall business, technologies, supply chain management, and the service industry. While the second paper analyzed [19] carries out a systematic review of the literature but focus on "Supply chain" in particular. So, a field of managerial analysis but referred to a specific aspect.…”

Priority Sector of Small and Medium Enterprises Using Ahp: A Case Study of Yamaru Enterprise

“…According to García-Villagrán et al (2020), during the Covid-19 pandemic, SMEs were encouraged to innovate by utilizing existing information technologies for marketing, promotion and payment systems, improving communication with consumers, building networks (networking), and partnerships, both with fellow SMEs, industry and government (García-Villagrán, Cano-Olivos, Martínez-Flores, & Sánchez-Partida, 2020) Hadiyati and Hendrasto (2021) added that during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Indonesian government provided assistance to SMEs in the form of a policy of delaying loan repayment and encouraging domestic product consumption to stimulate SMEs to produce substitutes for imported products (Hadiyati & Hendrasto, 2021). As a result, SMEs have played an important role in the economic development of communities both during and post-Covid-19 pandemic.…”

Redefining Transformation Drivers in SMEs toward Business Performance with Covid-19 Situation in Indonesia

“…According to Indonesia Statistics Bureau (BPS, 2020), 84% of SMEs in Indonesia experience revenue decrease because of the change in market demand and supply impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The condition may be related to the impact of Covid-19, which has resulted in consumer behavior change, knowledge gap in managerial and technology caused digitalization, operational hours decrease, and delivery delay in the supply chain (García-villagrán et al, 2020;Klein & Todesco, 2021;Pratama et al, 2021). Besides, SME needs to enrich their management, strategic planning, and innovation knowledge to formulate their new business model to adapt to new market demand to survive (Caballero-Morales, 2021).…”