Guckenbiehl Peter, Corral de Zubielqui Graciela
Adelaide Business School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA, Australia.
Int Small Bus J. 2022 Mar;40(2):150-177. doi: 10.1177/02662426211055447.
This article investigates how start-ups have been affected by, and have responded to, the COVID-19 pandemic by analysing interview data from 32 Australian start-ups during Australia's second wave of COVID-19. A framework and visualisation were developed, capturing unexplored heterogeneity within these start-ups, depending whether the emphasis was upon opportunities or adversity, and the type and extent of business model changes. Six start-up types were identified: stable beneficiaries, business-as-usual continuers, digital adjusters, adversity survivors, opportunity graspers and lemonade makers. The findings suggest that most start-ups responded to the crisis through business model changes because of crisis-induced opportunities and crisis-induced adversity The anaysis found that the interplay between firm size and crisis influences whether start-ups focus on business model adaptation or business model innovation or a combination of both We thus contribute to the literature on business models, crisis management and a newly emerging field focusing on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for start-ups.
本文通过分析澳大利亚第二波新冠疫情期间32家澳大利亚初创企业的访谈数据，研究了初创企业如何受到新冠疫情的影响以及如何应对疫情。开发了一个框架和可视化工具，捕捉这些初创企业中未被探索的异质性，这取决于重点是放在机遇还是逆境上，以及商业模式变化的类型和程度。确定了六种初创企业类型：稳定受益者、照常运营者、数字调整者、逆境幸存者、机遇把握者和柠檬水制作者。研究结果表明，由于危机引发的机遇和危机引发的逆境，大多数初创企业通过商业模式变化来应对危机。分析发现，企业规模与危机之间的相互作用影响着初创企业是专注于商业模式适应、商业模式创新还是两者结合。因此，我们为商业模式、危机管理以及一个新兴领域的文献做出了贡献，该领域关注新冠疫情对初创企业的影响。
