This international research seminar is dedicated to the presentation and discussion of the project “Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic: strategic behavior of small- and medium-sized enterprises in the time of crisis” (project № 21-78-10024, https://rscf.ru/project/21-78-10024/). The project is aimed at identifying aspects of SMEs’ strategic behavior that can increase organizational resilience to crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and improve business performance. In addition, the project considers macro-environmental factors, including social institutions, that influence business strategies in times of crisis.

During the seminar, the following studies will be presented:

White, J. (with co-authors) “Governor discretion and post-COVID-19 small business openings: Empirical evidence from food and restaurants industry”

Albats E., Smara R., Bogatyreva K. “Where does it come from? Formation of innovative ambidexterity within SMEs in crisis”

Ivvonen L. (with co-authors) “Cross-national variation in disaster risk planning”

Keplinger K., Van Wagoner, H.P., Bogatyreva K. “The influence of leaders’ personality on employee perceptions of crisis leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic”

Karina Bogatyreva
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at GSOM SPbU

Ekaterina Albats
Sc. (Tech.), Postdoctoral Researcher at LUT University, School of Business and Management, Finland

Liudmila Ivvonen
PhD candidate, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France

Joshua White
PhD candidate, The University of Alabama, USA

Hunter Phoenix Van Wagoner
Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany

Participants:

Yulia Aray
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Academic Director of Master in Management programme, GSOM SPbU

Anastasiia Laskovaia
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Academic Director of Management bachelor programme, Researcher of the Center for Entrepreneurship, GSOM SPbU

Rafik Smara
Doctoral students, GSOM SPbU