Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: Volume 10 Issue 3

Guest editorial: COVID-19, entrepreneurship and public policy

Vanessa Ratten

Risk categorization in Portuguese organizations in times of the COVID-19 pandemic – an exploratory statistical analysis

Fernando Tavares, Eulália Santos, Vasco Tavares

This work aims to characterize the risks companies deal with in the context of a pandemic, and to ascertain which risk type is most present in Portuguese organizations. It is also…

All for one? The Paycheck Protection Program distribution disparity

Jill Kickul, Mark D. Griffiths, Colleen C. Robb, Lisa Gundry

Given the previous research on the disparities of lending rates and their relationship with lending institutions for women-owned and minority-owned businesses, the study poses the…

Resilient companies in the time of Covid-19 pandemic: a case study approach

Chiara Acciarini, Paolo Boccardelli, Mario Vitale

The Covid-19 pandemic represents an extraordinary and unpredictable event influencing the whole economy and society. Using a case study approach, the authors explored how big…

Sustainability project partnerships in times of crisis: conceptual framework and implications for stakeholder integration

Guido Grunwald, Jürgen Schwill, Anne-Marie Sassenberg

This paper aims to analyze the requirements for stakeholder integration in sustainability project partnerships in times of sustainability crisis. Referring to the COVID-19…

We versus me: Indirect conditional effects of collectivism on COVID-19 public policy hypocrisy

Stephen Bok, James Shum, Jason Harvie, Maria Lee

During the early SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated masks “may not protect the wearer, but it may keep the wearer…

The net effect of the travel restriction policy on tourism demand: evidence from Greece

Panagiotis Dimitropoulos, Lazaros Ntasis, Konstantinos Koronios

The purpose of this study is to provide up-to-date evidence on the net effect of COVID-19 pandemic on international arrivals and occupancy rates in Greece. Analysis and…

Unboxing organisational complexity: how does it affect business performance during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Jorgina Pereira, Vitor Braga, Aldina Correia, Aidin Salamzadeh

This study aims to distinguish businesses by their degree of complexity and to analyse the influence of complexity on the performance of firms during the coronavirus disease 2019…

COVID-19 and public policy and entrepreneurship: future research directions

Vanessa Ratten

Public policy has been an integral part of the response mechanisms used to manage the COVID-19 crisis. As a result, greater attention has been placed on policy planners in terms…