Business interruption management in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic for small and medium-sized enterprises in Slovakia

Erika Mošková (), Michal Brutovský (), Kristián Furiak () and Katarína Buganová ()
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Erika Mošková: University of Žilina, Slovakia
Michal Brutovský: University of Žilina, Slovakia
Kristián Furiak: University of Žilina, Slovakia
Katarína Buganová: University of Žilina, Slovakia

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 2023, vol. 10, issue 3, 58-72

Abstract: From the beginning of 2020 to the end of 2021, a nationwide survey was conducted to examine business interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify the impact of the pandemic on SMEs in the Slovak Republic. It also focused on identifying areas such as risk management with BCM, and crisis management within individual enterprises. The survey was carried out using a questionnaire distributed to SMEs operating in the country. Based on the questions from the questionnaire, four research hypotheses were developed. Based on the results of our investigation, we found that enterprises cannot correctly assess their capability level and manage risks effectively, potentially exposing themselves to further threats arising from such a relationship. There is a correlation between the business sector and the extent to which an enterprise has been affected by a pandemic. Enterprises with implemented risk management areas had operations halted for shorter periods than enterprises without implementation. There is a relationship between business sectors and the extent to which they were affected by the pandemic. The discussion concludes that the pandemic posed a type of threat for which several SMEs were unprepared. At the same time, no established risk minimization procedures would address this issue. Effective implementation of risk management as prevention or crisis management as response and application of BCM principles is one of how enterprises could prepare for risks and crises and increase their resilience.

Keywords: business continuity management (BCM); COVID-19; crisis management; enterprise; resilience; risk management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L21 L26 M51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2023.10.3(4)

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