Table 2 A snapshot of the collected data...

Table 2

A snapshot of the collected data

Data sources	Details		Purpose
	Phase 1 March 2020–August 2020	Phase 2 September 2020–December 2020	Phase 1 March 2020–August 2020	Phase 2 September 2020–December 2020
Interviews with senior managers	The transcripts (almost 20 pages) of interviews with 7 managers involved in COVID-19 initiatives from March 2020 to August 2020, conducted over the phone with managers	The transcripts (almost 15 pages) of interviews with 5 managers involved in COVID-19 initiatives from March 2020 to August 2020, conducted over the phone with managers	Identify managers' views on how the company responded to the pandemic in terms of strategy; identify and refine theoretical themes	Keep track of changes in the company's strategy; identify and refine theoretical themes
Interviews with senior managers				Identify the official plans and the history and progress of the plans to recognize business opportunities; verify the data from the observations and facts based on the content of the information collected on the web
Interviews with entrepreneurs	The transcripts (almost 40 pages) of interviews with 14 entrepreneurs involved in COVID-19 initiatives from March 2020 to August 2020, conducted over the phone with entrepreneurs	The transcripts (almost 23 pages) of interviews with 8 entrepreneurs involved in COVID-19 initiatives from September 2020 to December 2020, conducted over the phone with entrepreneurs	Identify the purpose of the company's actions in response to the pandemic in terms of strategy	Identify the purpose of the company's actions in response to the pandemic in terms of strategy
			Identify the elements that prompted action by identifying new business opportunities	Identify the elements that prompted action by identifying new business opportunities
			Identify and refine theoretical themes	Identify and refine theoretical themes
			Identify the official plans and the history and progress of the plans to recognize business opportunities; verify the data from the observations and facts based on the content of the information collected on the web	Identify the official plans and the history and progress of the plans to recognize business opportunities; verify the data from the observations and facts based on the content of the information collected on the web
Press releases, videos, web interviews, newspaper pages, reports, academic articles	Company reports, publicly available stories of key events associated with companies, including manager appearances in the media	Company reports, publicly available stories of key events associated with companies, including manager appearances in the media	Collect complementary data on the strategy and structure of companies while developing a response strategy to COVID-19	Collect complementary data on the strategy and structure of companies while developing a response strategy to COVID-19
	National reports on the economic and market consequences of the pandemic (approximately 230 pages) and analyst reports on the consequences accessible via Google searches (approximately 210 pages)	National reports on the economic and market consequences of the pandemic (approximately 200 pages) and analyst reports on the consequences accessible via Google searches (approximately 320 pages)	Gain a greater understanding of the context and ensure an external view of the evolution of companies; triangular observations and facts	Gain a greater understanding of the context and ensure an external view of the evolution of companies; triangular observations and facts
	Press releases, videos, web interviews, newspaper pages (approximately 160 pages) on the activities of the 14 companies during COVID-19	Press releases, videos, web interviews, newspaper pages (approximately 100 pages) on the activities of the 14 companies during COVID-19		Demonstrate the evolution of the pandemic
	International academic articles on the economic and market consequences of the pandemic (approximately 30 studies)	International academic articles on the economic and market consequences of the pandemic (approximately 150 studies)

Data sources	Details		Purpose
	Phase 1March 2020–August 2020	Phase 2September 2020–December 2020	Phase 1March 2020–August 2020	Phase 2September 2020–December 2020
Interviews with senior managers	The transcripts (almost 20 pages) of interviews with 7 managers involved in COVID-19 initiatives from March 2020 to August 2020, conducted over the phone with managers	The transcripts (almost 15 pages) of interviews with 5 managers involved in COVID-19 initiatives from March 2020 to August 2020, conducted over the phone with managers	Identify managers' views on how the company responded to the pandemic in terms of strategy; identify and refine theoretical themes	Keep track of changes in the company's strategy; identify and refine theoretical themes
Interviews with senior managers				Identify the official plans and the history and progress of the plans to recognize business opportunities; verify the data from the observations and facts based on the content of the information collected on the web
Interviews with entrepreneurs	The transcripts (almost 40 pages) of interviews with 14 entrepreneurs involved in COVID-19 initiatives from March 2020 to August 2020, conducted over the phone with entrepreneurs	The transcripts (almost 23 pages) of interviews with 8 entrepreneurs involved in COVID-19 initiatives from September 2020 to December 2020, conducted over the phone with entrepreneurs	Identify the purpose of the company's actions in response to the pandemic in terms of strategy	Identify the purpose of the company's actions in response to the pandemic in terms of strategy
			Identify the elements that prompted action by identifying new business opportunities	Identify the elements that prompted action by identifying new business opportunities
			Identify and refine theoretical themes	Identify and refine theoretical themes
			Identify the official plans and the history and progress of the plans to recognize business opportunities; verify the data from the observations and facts based on the content of the information collected on the web	Identify the official plans and the history and progress of the plans to recognize business opportunities; verify the data from the observations and facts based on the content of the information collected on the web
Press releases, videos, web interviews, newspaper pages, reports, academic articles	Company reports, publicly available stories of key events associated with companies, including manager appearances in the media	Company reports, publicly available stories of key events associated with companies, including manager appearances in the media	Collect complementary data on the strategy and structure of companies while developing a response strategy to COVID-19	Collect complementary data on the strategy and structure of companies while developing a response strategy to COVID-19
	National reports on the economic and market consequences of the pandemic (approximately 230 pages) and analyst reports on the consequences accessible via Google searches (approximately 210 pages)	National reports on the economic and market consequences of the pandemic (approximately 200 pages) and analyst reports on the consequences accessible via Google searches (approximately 320 pages)	Gain a greater understanding of the context and ensure an external view of the evolution of companies; triangular observations and facts	Gain a greater understanding of the context and ensure an external view of the evolution of companies; triangular observations and facts
	Press releases, videos, web interviews, newspaper pages (approximately 160 pages) on the activities of the 14 companies during COVID-19	Press releases, videos, web interviews, newspaper pages (approximately 100 pages) on the activities of the 14 companies during COVID-19		Demonstrate the evolution of the pandemic
	International academic articles on the economic and market consequences of the pandemic (approximately 30 studies)	International academic articles on the economic and market consequences of the pandemic (approximately 150 studies)

Note(s): Two phases of the COVID-19 pandemic have occurred in Italy. The two phases have been identified by the President of the Council of Ministers and named by the National Health Ministry as Phase 1 and Phase 2. In the first phase, which took place between March 2020 and August 2020, the need for medical devices (e.g. masks, gloves, respirators) led Italian companies to act immediately by converting part of their production. In the second phase, which occurred between September 2020 and December 2020, when the availability of these medical devices was filled by various companies and government actions, Italian companies had to discover new entrepreneurial opportunities to stay competitive in the market

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