Exploring Crisis Management in U.S. Small Businesses
Author: Jon Williams
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Published: 2016
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Author: Jon Williams
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Published: 2016
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Brahim Herbane
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Published: 2013
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDespite a long-established crisis management literature that focuses on large enterprises, crisis management planning in the context of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is less extensively researched. Using data collected from 215 SMEs in the United Kingdom, this paper explores the perceptions and experiences of SMEs' managing directors in relation to crisis management planning. Furthermore, the paper examines differences in perceptions between planning and non-planning SMEs. Analysis reveals six factors that correspond to resilience through planning, financial impact, operational crisis management, the perfect storm, the aftermath of survival and atrophy. Results indicate how the experience of crisis and the type of crisis of type encountered affect managers' assessment of whether planning can be used to address crisis prevention and lower impact.
Author: Susanne Durst
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-03-19
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 3030917274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an in-depth introduction to crisis management and leadership in SMEs, as well as methods, approaches and cases against the background of different crises; external ones in particular. Featuring contributions from research and practice, this book covers a plethora of SMEs from different sectors to match the diverse nature of small business practice. The combination of a sound theoretical framework for small firm crisis management along with practical instruments/methods and cases, help to improve the organizational resilience of SMEs. The authors also guide the reader to resources beyond the book, including an online “Crisis Toolkit” comprised of material such as further publications, crisis management blueprints, guidelines, checklists, and company cases on crisis management-related issues.
Author: Sukanlaya Sawang
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Published: 2023
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ISBN-13: 9783031251894
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the timely issue of how small businesses, micro firms and entrepreneurs respond to crises. A largely overlooked area of research, the author posits that by better understanding crisis management in small and micro firms, we can help to protect these businesses from the potentially devastating effects of a crisis. Offering guidance for scholars and practitioners, including small business owners, to better understand the concept, limitations and considerations of crisis management - specifically in the small business context - the author demonstrates that there is no single solution for a small business to cope with a crisis. Drawing from the thematic findings, the author offers valuable recommendations on how small business owners can strategically plan for the future and better manage their capability when faced with a crisis. Sukanlaya Sawang is a research Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Coventry University, UK, and has been appointed as the Associate Dean at the Faculty of Business and Law. Prior to joining Coventry University, Professor Sawang was a Reader and the Director of Research Internationalisation at the University of Leicester, and the Director of Research at the International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship, Coventry University. She is also an adjunct Professor at the QUT Business School at Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Sukanlaya received a number of research awards and actively engages with the research community for example, she is Editor-in-Chief for Behavioral Sciences, as well as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Psychology and BMC Psychology. In addition, she supervises and serves on PhD panels and examinations and leads Special Interest Groups at international conferences.
Author: Xiaoli Lu
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-11-07
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9811039909
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book studies the variety of organizational strategies selected to cope with critical uncertainties during crises. This research formulates and applies an institutional sense-making model to explain the selection of strategies for coping with uncertainties during crises to answer the question why some organizations select a rule-based strategy to cope with uncertainties, whereas others pursue a more ad hoc-based strategy. It finds that the level of institutionalization does not affect strategy selection in the initial phase of responding to crises; that three rigidity effects can be identified in the selection of sense-making strategies once organizations have faced the failure of their selected strategies; that discontinuities in the feedback loop of sense-making do not necessarily move organizations to switch their sense-making strategies, but interact with institutionalization to contribute to switching sense-making strategies. This book bridges the gap between institutional thinking and crisis management theorizing. A major step forward in the world of crisis management studies! ——Professor Arjen Boin, Leiden University, the Netherlands In a world of increasingly complex, sociotechnical systems interacting in high-risk environments, Professor Lu’s analysis of how organizations manage uncertainty is both timely and profound. ——Professor Louise K. Comfort, Director, Center for Disaster Management, University of Pittsburgh, USA Prof. Lu greatly enhances our understanding of how organizations cope with uncertainty and make sense of their challenges under the pressures of catastrophe. ——Dr. Arnold M. Howitt, Faculty Co-Director, Program on Crisis Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School, USA This book provides not only a theory of crisis management but also a key concept around which research and practice can be conducted. ——Professor Naim Kapucu, Director of School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, USA A generic institutional model for analyzing and managing hazards, disasters and crises worldwide. ——Professor Joop Koppenjan, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands This book has done an excellent job in opening the black box of how organizations make sense of the crisis situations they face and develop strategies to respond. It should be read by all of us who wish for a peaceful and safe world. ——Professor Lan Xue, Dean of School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China
Author: Susanne Durst
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 303150836X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edward S. Devlin
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2006-12-26
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 0203485890
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCrisis management planning refers to the methodology used by executives to respond to and manage a crisis and is an integral part of a business resumption plan. Crisis Management Planning and Execution explores in detail the concepts of crisis management planning, which involves a number of crises other than physical disaster. Defining th
Author: Georgia R. Maldonado
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Published: 2023-04-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9787358811632
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA loss of critical power to sources of community stability such as small businesses interrupts quality of life and can also cause serious economic implications if power is not quickly restored (Farrell, Lave, & Granger, 2002; Kharchenko & Brezhnev, 2012; Mitroff & Alpaslan, 2003b). Businesses that are prepared for, or prone to, crises become a critical component of national crisis/disaster resiliency (Herbane, 2013), and for those businesses that maintain a level of preparedness, stand ready to react to disasters through predetermined plans and training (Haddow, Bullock, & Coppola, 2011). The present study was concentrated on how small businesses addressed crisis management as influenced by interruption of electrical power.
Author: Demetris Vrontis
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-01-07
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 3030765830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom recurring episodes of great depression, oil crises, political crises, wars, debt crises, to the ongoing climate change, there is a constant pressure on businesses to cope with critical events. However, throughout history, crises have been pivotal in advancing businesses and societies. This contributed volume approaches crisis not simply as a source of problems, but also as a set of choices. It seeks to explore critical events as possible opportunities for sustainability, through process improvement, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. Chapters reveal that times of crisis provide opportunities for new start-ups, creativity, resilience, organisational change, and revitalisation. This book also emphasises the importance of sustainability, driven either by the market or as a response to critical events. Within the wider attempt to explore avenues for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability at times of crisis, the book is loosely organised in three thematic sections: organisational responses to crisis; digitisation, and how technology facilitates or hinders sustainability under conditions of crisis; and SMEs, Family Firms (FF), Entrepreneurship, which explores how critical events offer opportunities for innovation.
Author: Etemad, Hamid
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2022-04-19
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 1802205772
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe international cast of authors in this important book explore how internationalizing small and medium sized enterprises (iSMEs) face major crises, such as COVID-19, and have managed them to reach a stable and desired state post-crisis. Chapter orientations vary from theoretical to empirical. Each focuses on issues related to a major crisis, and present already-deployed success strategies in 14 different country environments. The rich diversity of chapters offers a highly significant and timely contribution to the field.