A design framework for Food Small Medium Enterprises resilience and performance in Indonesia

Abstract

For small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Indonesia, the post-pandemic economic challenges are particularly severe, even with the numerous government initiatives that have been put into place over the last two years. Most SMEs, including food SMEs, are finding it difficult to overcome the health crisis and the uncertainty of impending economic difficulties. While food SME players must concentrate on their business performance—both financial and non-financial, such as environmental performance—in order to survive and endure in the competitive landscape. The aim of this paper is to identify resilience factors and performance measurement for food SMEs in Indonesia that are facing economic challenges. Using a literature review, this paper recommends a framework that integrates food SME resilience factors with business market challenges identified in Indonesia as drivers of food SMEs performance. Additionally, this paper offers researchers and policy makers a framework for creating plans that will increase the performance and resilience of food SMEs. This research implies that in order to improve food SMEs performance, actors must work together and in concert.