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Działania przedsiębiorcze odpowiedzią na kryzyswywołany pandemią COVID‑19
Entrepreneurial activities in responding to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s): Adam Damrath
Subject(s): Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: crisis; economic policy; entrepreneurship; labour market; unemployment

Summary/Abstract: In 2020, the world was unexpectedly struck by the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes that occurred during the pandemic were very wide-ranging. Numerous countries have introduced a number of regulations out of concern for the health and life of citizens. At the same time, the reactions of individual units in response to the pandemic were influenced not only by state regulations related to the use of coercion, but also by individual decisions regarding care for one’s own health. The problems affected many economies, also negatively affecting the labour market. In view of the difficult situation, governments decided to support enterprises in order to keep existing jobs, because the situation of people who provide work depends to a large extent on the entrepreneurs themselves, who, having certain resources, make decisions about their use. The aim of the article is to present the main symptoms of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and, as a consequence, selected changes that have taken place in the enterprise sector.

  • Issue Year: 19/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 147-157
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish