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Guest editorial 1. Entrepreneurship during the times of COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and consequences 1.1 Introduction Every crisis brings challenges and threats to entrepreneurs and their organisations, no matter if initiated by human behaviour, natural disasters or economic mechanisms (Doern et al.,2019). At the end of December 2019, the coronavirus (so-called COVID-19) started spreading globally, and by 11 March 2020, World Health Organization – WHO (2020) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. As a response to mitigate coronavirus spread and save lives, governments in affected countries imposed desperate measures of social distancing, widespread lockdown, restrictions on travelling, movement and people gatherings. Many private and public life aspects had to be moved online (Liguori and Winkler, 2020). Entrepreneurs were not an exception. They had to start moving their business activities online. However, not everything could be solved conveniently online. COVID-19 has significantly influenced the entrepreneurial engagement of self-employed persons. Some entrepreneurs had to close their businesses because of governmental restrictions temporarily; others had to impose precautions and run their activities to a reduced extent. They also needed to find innovative solutions in all aspects of their entrepreneurial endeavour as the consequences of the pandemic linger. It took time before the entrepreneurs got oriented in the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies Emerald Publishing

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Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
2053-4604
eISSN
2053-4604
DOI
10.1108/jeee-09-2021-461
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Abstract

1. Entrepreneurship during the times of COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and consequences 1.1 Introduction Every crisis brings challenges and threats to entrepreneurs and their organisations, no matter if initiated by human behaviour, natural disasters or economic mechanisms (Doern et al.,2019). At the end of December 2019, the coronavirus (so-called COVID-19) started spreading globally, and by 11 March 2020, World Health Organization – WHO (2020) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. As a response to mitigate coronavirus spread and save lives, governments in affected countries imposed desperate measures of social distancing, widespread lockdown, restrictions on travelling, movement and people gatherings. Many private and public life aspects had to be moved online (Liguori and Winkler, 2020). Entrepreneurs were not an exception. They had to start moving their business activities online. However, not everything could be solved conveniently online. COVID-19 has significantly influenced the entrepreneurial engagement of self-employed persons. Some entrepreneurs had to close their businesses because of governmental restrictions temporarily; others had to impose precautions and run their activities to a reduced extent. They also needed to find innovative solutions in all aspects of their entrepreneurial endeavour as the consequences of the pandemic linger. It took time before the entrepreneurs got oriented in the

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Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging EconomiesEmerald Publishing

Published: Sep 9, 2021

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