...Abderrahim Barakat; Étienne St-Jean Purpose This study aims to investigate the resilience of Moroccan very small enterprises (VSEs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also aims to identify key survival factors – social capital, internal locus of control and adaptability – and to explore how...

...Pham Tien Thanh; Pham Bao Duong Purpose Women migrant street vendors are considered a vulnerable group in societies, thereby being hard hit during a crisis. This research aims to examine effects of COVID-19 social distancing on their businesses, consumption, health and general lives; solutions...

...Jonika Lamba; Esha Jain Purpose This paper aims to show the pragmatic studies that examine whether novel COVID-19 affects the national and international stock markets and reinforces the existing literature by highlighting the factors that are resultant from COVID 19. Design/methodology/approach...

.... Design/methodology/approach Empirical analyses are conducted through time-varying correlations, structural break tests and volatility modeling. As a public health indicator, the community variable is proxied by the daily COVID-19 cases. Findings According to the results, the US green economy...

...Iqbal Hossain Moral; Md. Saidur Rahaman; Md. Shikh Imran; Md. Mizanur Rahman Purpose Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the financial condition and the mental health of millions of workers from various informal sectors. This study aims to look into the hawkers’ community’s mental health...

... rights only Social responsibility Social entrepreneurship COVID-19 Social crisis COVID-19 increased the importance of private and institutional actors being socially responsible. The mitigation measures implemented, such as confinement and social distancing, exposed the difficult...

...Tala Abuhussein; Husam Barham; Saheer Al-Jaghoub Purpose The ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in sudden changes in the macro environment and market behaviour, making most enterprises urgently reconfigure their business models to cope with changes following the COVID-19...

... (Allinson et al., 2000). Africa Agriculture Economic crisis Effectuation Causation COVID-19 In recent times, the business world has been struck by several economic uncertainties such as induced market volatilities and swift changes to doing business norms (Altig et al...

...Said Muhammad; Kong Ximei; Zahoor Ul Haq; Irshad Ali; Nicholas Beutell Purpose The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had profound economic effects, putting women entrepreneurs at considerable risk of losing income and sales growth as a result. This study aims to examine whether the COVID-19...

... education institutions in Ghana are facing decisions about how to continue learning and teaching through flexible pedagogy, while keeping their faculty members and students protected from the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these institutions have canceled the brick-and-mortar education and other conventional...

... to keep a good environment and also a good physical, psychological and ergonomic aspects to attain job performance. The purpose of this paper is to characterize teleworking carried out in Portuguese communities in the context of the state of emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology...

... Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had the opportunity to interview only 14 HBBs and only from two sectors, the food and entertainment/game sector. Further research can be done with more cases and more sectors to see how ICTs and social media help these businesses to develop their activity and spread...

...Vanessa Ratten Purpose Covid-19 (coronavirus) has significantly affected education communities particularly in terms of the massive shift towards online learning. This has meant a quick transformation of the curriculum and learning styles to a digital platform. Despite the dramatic change...