Open AccessVOICES OF ENTREPRENEURS: A REVIEW OF ENTREPRENEURS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SME COVID-19 SUPPORT MEASURES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Author(s) -
Lisle Svenson,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of entrepreneurial innovations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6232
pISSN - 2708-6224
DOI - 10.14426/jei.v2isi.1070
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , covid-19 , face (sociological concept) , small business , pandemic , public relations , perception , business , entrepreneurship , political science , marketing , economic growth , sociology , economics , psychology , social science , finance , infectious disease (medical specialty) , neuroscience , medicine , philosophy , linguistics , disease , pathology
This article sheds the spotlight on support mechanisms for small businesses that are struggling as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The data was collated during a two-part webinar series on lockdown stories of small businesses in the Western Cape, the effects thereof, support mechanisms and possible solutions to the challenges faced. The webinars, run in August 2020, were hosted by the Economics and Management Sciences Faculty of the University of the Western Cape. The article compiles the contributions of panel members from a cross-section of stakeholders from business, government and academia. Potential solutions and support mechanisms available from various spheres of society – government, business and academia – are discussed as part of the arsenal available to small businesses in the face of the negative impact of Covid-19 on their businesses.