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COVID‐19 impediments and business start‐ups in Pakistan: Evidence from the second wave of the pandemic
Author(s) -
Soomro Bahadur Ali,
Lakhan Ghulam Rasool,
Shah Naimatullah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
managerial and decision economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-1468
pISSN - 0143-6570
DOI - 10.1002/mde.3445
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , anxiety , perception , psychology , third wave , political science , business , economic growth , development economics , economics , medicine , virology , psychiatry , political economy , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , neuroscience
The present paper examines COVID‐19 impediments and business start‐ups in Pakistan when the country entered the second wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic. This study selected entrepreneurs in Pakistan to explore the effects of the second wave. The study findings highlight the significant negative impacts of fear of COVID‐19 ( FC ), COVID‐19 stress and anxiety ( SA ), and perceptions of the arrival of COVID‐19's second wave ( ASW ) on business start‐ups ( BS ). The findings may support policy makers in diminishing the fear, anxiety, and negative perceptions of the arrival of COVID‐19 waves.