Covid-19 and transformational megatrends in the European automotive industry: Evidence from business decisions with a Central and Eastern European focus

Pelle, Anita; Tabajdi, Gabriella

doi:10.15678/eber.2021.090402

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“…The issue of the impact of the pandemic on entrepreneurship, including entrepreneurial motivations and behaviour of entrepreneurs in particular sections is very wide (see, e.g. González-Tejero et al 2022;Marjański, Sułkowski 2021;Pelle, Tabajdi 2021) and is not the subject of particular interest in this work, because it would require broader discussion. Therefore, focus in the analysis below has been on research results considering the effect of the pandemic on the activity of industry and services enterprises in the light of entrepreneurs' opinions.…”

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Changes in industry and services sectors in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic

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2022

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In 2020, the World Health Organization announced the global COVID-19 pandemic, which was followed by unprecedented constraints on society and the economy. The restrictions imposed had an impact on the transformation in industry and services sectors. The pandemic, however, affected particular industry sections and types of services to a different degree. Overall, the industry sector is assumed to have been less affected by the crisis, because the government restrictions did not embrace industrial production for the most part. Services faced a different situation; some of them were not provided due to top-down decisions. Therefore, the vulnerability of industry and services to such a strong external impact varies. The article aims to identify the degree and trends in changes in industry and services sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic and to determine the regularities stemming from a different degree of vulnerability of both sectors to such a powerful external stimulus. The study examines changes occurring in different industries and types of services (by the Polish Classification of Economic Activity/NACE 2.0) by way of statistical indicator analysis and using Statistics Poland and Eurostat data. The conducted analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic influence on the industry and services sector leads to the conclu- sions that its impact on the industry sector was very time-limited—a sharp fall in gross value added in industry oc- curred mainly in the second quarter of 2020. The pandemic had a modest effect on industry employment, primarily as a result of anti-crisis shields and the will to maintain the potential of labour resources. In the services sector, accommo- dation and food services suffered the most. The significant falls were noted in the transport section as well as cultural, sports and personal services. Business services which were transferred to the Internet and were provided online ended up the most resilient. The ultimate winner of the pandemic is ICT services, especially electronic ones, which have re- placed, wherever possible, traditional types of services.

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Changes in industry and services sectors in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic

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2022

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“…It can also open a way for new research as knowing the crises can have positive and negative effects, how would they influence the global economy as a whole. Another idea for further research is a case study as also mentioned by Pelle and Tabajdi (2021), to see if the pandemic really led to growth, innovation, and operational changes in the firms or not. However, this study faces limitations: Firstly, it cannot be generalized to all the firms in various markets and industries because I focus on a specific part of entrepreneurship and only discuss the approaches discussed regarding SMEs.…”

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Entrepreneurship and SMEs under COVID-19 crisis: A literature review

Zadeh

2022

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The article aims to summarize the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on SMEs, considering both its positive and negative effects. Also, the study seeks to summarize the response approaches usable for SMEs to face a crisis. Research Design & Methods:This article uses a critical literature review to summarize the international literature developed on the COVID-19 crisis topic. It considers scientific papers published from 2017 to February 2022 with a focus on specific keywords, English language, from the open access sources on (i) Emerald, (ii) JSTOR, (iii) ScienceDirect, and (iv) Springer, (v) IER, and (vi) EBER. Findings: The paper sheds light on how the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 crisis can impact SMEs. The paper tries to summarize the literature on how SMEs can reverse the uncertainty caused by a crisis and benefit from it. Also, the paper reviews the fact that some SMEs cannot cope quickly enough with the changes in the environment and forcibly shut down their business. The most damaging impact of the COVID-19 crisis is also reviewed in this paper which is the business closure due to lack of resources or disconnection of SMEs from their partners. Implications & Recommendations:This study provides an overview of the positive and negative effects that the COVID-19 crisis had on SMEs. Three approaches were reviewed, uncertainty, resilience, and opportunity, which the decision-makers can use to plan their strategies more effectively and face impending crises more efficiently. This paper also introduces gaps such as the lack of evidence of how COVID-19 affects the entrepreneurship phenomena, which is worth being studied. Contribution & Value Added:This study summarizes the three approaches mentioned in various research papers that SMEs can take during crises and presents gaps worth researching. While many other studies study entrepreneurship at macro levels, the approach in this study is unique as it considers a particular piece of entrepreneurship area and looks at it in terms of small and medium-sized enterprises, describes why COVID-19 is a crisis to the business environment and contributes to the literature to explain how entrepreneurship and SMEs are influenced by COVID-19 situation. I summarized some of the issues SMEs face during a crisis and mentioned the approaches to be taken by business owners during such times using articles conducted in the last five years.

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“…Crises related to the availability of raw materials and components are noticeable. The most visible and noticeable crisis for many manufacturers is the crisis related to the availability of semiconductors used in the automotive, electronics and computer industries [32][33][34]. Fortunately, more and more countries have decided to limit the restrictions; however, such steps are conditioned by anti-crisis measures in a pandemic situation (i.e., high rates of vaccination in the population of a given country).…”

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Last Mile Logistics Innovations in the Courier-Express-Parcel Sector Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The development of the e-commerce market worldwide, which was already dynamic, was accelerated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Millions of incoming orders required analogue support from the CEP sector (courier-express-parcels sector) to provide the desired “customer experience”. In the context of whether the habit of shopping in virtual reality will become permanent, it is worth considering what shape the logistics services will take in the last mile after the pandemic? Or, will customers return to shopping in the real world? A subject for these considerations was an analysis of the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic on the technologization of last mile logistics services, resulting in an increase in the level of “customer experience”, with Poland as an example. The research methods used were participant observations and critical analysis of collected materials. The obtained results made it possible to conduct a descriptive and explanatory nomothetic study based on an Internet questionnaire. The authors formulated a diagnosis about the possibilities of using the potential of customer experience for the development of enterprises based on technologization of last mile deliveries. The recommendations can be used by scientists and managers in the CEP industry to redefine business models based on the technology of logistics customer service processes.

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Covid-19 and transformational megatrends in the European automotive industry: Evidence from business decisions with a Central and Eastern European focus

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

Changes in industry and services sectors in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic

Changes in industry and services sectors in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic

Entrepreneurship and SMEs under COVID-19 crisis: A literature review

Last Mile Logistics Innovations in the Courier-Express-Parcel Sector Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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