Embracing Covid-19 pandemic: Entrepreneurship within the Indigenous context

Abstract

Resilience implies a continuous transformation process and learning through a crisis. The study aims to identify the role of resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic. To identify the most challenging transformations of the entrepreneurs, we explored the extent to which business models were altered through the first and second Covid-19 lockdowns. The narrative research design was adopted to provide insights into entrepreneurs' thoughts, emotions, and interpretations' by taking on the stories of seven indigenous entrepreneurs of India. Social capital (family and community) and problem-focused coping gained prominence in developing the resilience of the indigenous entrepreneurs throughout the crisis, while emotion-focused coping emerged as the initial strategy utilized against the crisis.

Exploring the Impact of Managerial Capabilities on the Innovation Potential of Artificial Intelligence and Organizational Capabilities: A Literature Review

“…Organizations are confronted with new challenges in today's dynamic business environment, such as severe competition, technological development, the COVID crisis, globalization, and economic downturn, which force senior management to make value for shareholders (Ping, et al, 2018;Thomas, 2014;Aier, et al, 2022). Businesses have recognized organizational innovation and technological adoption not simply as an anticipated factor for growth (Hurley & Hult, 1998;Hsueh, et al, 2010;, but increasingly as an essential element for survival in today's fast-paced economic environment (Novakova, 2020;Cefis & Marsili, 2005;Kryeziu, et al, 2022).…”