The impact of the global crisis on the growth of SMEs: A resource system perspective
从资源系统视角，基于加拿大高增长中小企业的定性数据，探讨了COVID-19危机对中小企业增长的正面和负面影响，并指出危机带来的暂时增长挫折可能为企业家提供重新调整资源系统平衡的机会。
In this commentary, we examine both the positive and negative potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the growth of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We conceptualise the firm as a system of various resource components (strategic, physical, financial, human and organisational resources) and firm growth as the expansion of this resource system. Based on qualitative data drawn from Canadian high-growth SMEs, we discuss the potential impact of the crisis on these resource system components. We demonstrate how virtuous growth spirals of these resources co-evolve through various feedback and feed-forward loops. Furthermore, we discuss how a temporary growth setback, due to the crisis, can in fact provide an opportunity for entrepreneurs to realign, and regain the balance and fit within their firm’s resource system. This realignment enables the firm to take on the next phase of growth.