COVID-19 and the Strategic Responses to Crises in the Italian Entrepreneurial Firms: An Explorative Research

Lara Penco (), Enrico Ivaldi () and Andrea Ciacci ()
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Lara Penco: University of Genoa
Enrico Ivaldi: University of Genoa
Andrea Ciacci: University of Genoa

Chapter 9 in Business Under Crisis, Volume III, 2022, pp 205-233 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is considered one of the most severe economic and social crises. Social distancing, self-isolation, and travel restrictions have caused a reduced workforce across all economic sectors and many jobs to be lost. In this chapter we provide at first a general analysis of the sentiment of the European economic system. The impact of COVID-19 on the confidence level is explored. In particular, we find the existence of a negative relationship between the extent of the pandemic crisis and the change in confidence. Since Italy represents a delicate geographical terrain of studies at the time of the crisis by COVID-19, we concentrate our attention on the entrepreneurial and strategic orientation taken by Italian family SMEs.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76583-5_9

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