2020 introduced a global pandemic that led to global economic, social, and regional lockdowns affecting public life in ways never been imagined before. This book takes a look at how researchers from fields encompassing economics and political science, along with thought leaders in business and economic policy, experienced the crises themselves as experts in their field, as well as from a personal viewpoint. Most importantly, however, it looks into the future how entrepreneurship and economic policies may change and positively influence the societies and the economy after the pandemic. Keeping in mind that, with climate change and the digital revolution, change was already around the corner and inevitable, renowned economic and policy experts are asked for their assessment of future roads and feasible economic policies. The book follows the chronology of the pandemic and focuses on leading researchers and thought leaders in public policy and business. An introduction to each chapter describes the context particular to the contributing author when the pandemic struck and their own reactions, experiences, and insights triggered by the emerging pandemic.
Author(s): David B. Audretsch, Iris A. M. Kunadt
Series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship, 54
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 271
City: Cham
Contents
About the Editors
The Journey: Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis
References
Part I: The Future is Risky and Entrepreneurial
Resilience Is the New Competitive
1 Introduction
2 An Entrepreneurial Society Is Resilient
2.1 But Cannot Be Achieved with Traditional Entrepreneurship Policies
2.2 and the Closed Society and Managed Economy Have a Strong Appeal in Times of Crisis
2.3 But Institutional Reforms Can Get Us to a More Resilient, Entrepreneurial Society
References
Depths of Change: Ranging from Clubhouse to Game Changer
1 Introduction: Turning Point
2 Changes (1): The Crisis Becomes a Driver of Innovation
2.1 Education: Suddenly Going Digital
2.2 Public Administration: Finally Digital
2.3 Business: Digital or Not at All
3 Effects on Start-Ups and Entrepreneurship Processes
3.1 Start-Up Stability
3.2 Opportunities in Times of Crisis: Two Cases
4 Changes (2): What Will Remain?
4.1 Work
4.2 Humans
5 From Zeroing COVID to Zero CO2
6 Outlook: Game Changer
References
Oxygenating Innovation? The Not-So-Brave New World of COVID-19?
1 Designing Viable, Scalable, Sustainable Value Propositions Is a Team Sport
1.1 Phlogiston? (Lavoisier v. Priestly)
2 It Takes an Ecosystem to Build a Village? Entrepreneurial Ecosystems!
2.1 Innovation Operates in Complex, Dynamic Adaptive Systems
2.2 Open Innovation
3 One Ring to Rule Them All?
3.1 The Triple Helix and Its Offspring
3.2 The Intangible Infrastructure of Innovation: Why Connecting (and Connectors) Matter
4 Liaison-animateurs
4.1 Ecosystem Building and Ecosystem Builders
4.2 Mindset: How Do Ecosystem Builders/Liaison-Animateurs Think?
5 What Do Ecosystem Builders/Liaison-Animateurs Know?
6 Other Implications for Innovators
6.1 Technology Commercialization
6.2 Implications for Innovation Policy
7 Why the Phlogiston Model Matters Here
7.1 Understanding Ecosystems and How They Work Is Becoming Essential for Us [Author Emphasis]
References
Part II: Economies Under Pressure: Challenges for the Future After the COVID-19 Crisis
COVID-19, Schumpeter, and the Size of the Market
1 Introduction
2 Background
2.1 Some Graphic Illustrations
3 Three Threats to the Market Economy
3.1 A Perpetuating Increasing Public Sector?
3.1.1 A New Framework
3.2 COVID-19, State Aid, and Competition
3.2.1 How to Regulate Competition
3.2.2 The Platform Economy and Competition
3.3 COVID and Openness
4 Discussion: What to Expect?
4.1 The Size of Governments Versus Markets
4.2 COVID-19, State Aid, and Competition
4.3 COVID-19 and Openness
5 Concluding Remarks
References
COVID-19 Crisis: Modernization Push at the Macroeconomic and Firm Level, Providing for Not So Disparate Opportunities and Chal...
1 Introduction
2 COVID-19 Crisis: Unprecedented Constraints on Economic and Social Life in Peacetime-Creative Solutions Called for and Delive...
3 Recovery After the COVID-19 Crisis: Macroeconomic Trends, Modernization, Financing Trends, and Their Relation to Intra- and ...
4 Summary: COVID-19 Crisis as Catalyst, ``Leveler´´ and Potential Growth Driver-In ``Ordinary´´ Risks of the Digital Economy
References
Entrepreneurship and Economic Resilience in Times of Crisis: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic
1 Introduction
2 The COVID-19 Pandemic, Economic Resilience, and Entrepreneurship
3 Entrepreneurship Policy in Times of Crisis
4 Conclusion
References
Business Angel Investing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
1 Introduction
2 The Impact of COVID-19 on Angel Investing: Early Fears
3 The Resilience of Angel Investing
4 Conclusion
References
Part III: Reflecting on the Future of Entrepreneurship Research: Diversity and Impact After the COVID-19 Crisis
Dreaming of a Different Future
1 Looking Back and Thinking Forward
2 Notes from a Pandemic Year
3 Missing Voices? Towards Maintaining Research Diversity
4 Walking the Talk! Pushing Relevant Entrepreneurship Research
5 Here´s to the Future of Entrepreneurship Research
References
Websites
Editorial Quandaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Personal Exposé
References
Part IV: Acting Under Uncertainty: Personal Perspectives from Sweden, Egypt and Germany
My Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic So Far
1 From Business as Usual to a Family Crisis
2 The Diffusion of the Coronavirus in Sweden Takes Off and the Authorities React
3 The Special Swedish Approach to Combat Virus Diffusion
4 A Radical Change in Our Way of Life
5 The Second Wave in the Autumn
6 COVID-19 in the Family and Christmas Celebrations Outdoors
7 More Changes in Our Behaviour
8 A Third Wave
9 Life During the Third Wave
10 A Fourth Wave?
11 How Has Sweden Managed to Handle the Pandemic So Far?
12 My Experiences of Living in a Pandemic: Summing-Up
``Hibernating´´ in Cairo: COVID-19, as seen from Egypt
References
COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: The Era of Connection and Creation
1 The Pandemic
2 The Connection
3 The Creation
4 The Gift
References
Part V: The Educational Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship: Moving the Digital Way Forward After the COVID-19 Crisis
Entrepreneurial Intention of Dutch Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Today´s Students Still Tomorrow´s Entrepreneurs?
1 Introduction
1.1 Current Study
2 Data and Measures
2.1 Dataset
2.2 Measures
3 Results
3.1 Entrepreneurial Intention and Change in Entrepreneurial Intention
3.2 Correlations, Means, and Standard Deviations
3.3 Multinomial Logistic Regression Explaining Change in EI
4 Discussion
References
COVID-19: Entrepreneurial Universities and Academic Entrepreneurship
1 Introduction
2 Entrepreneurial Universities
3 Some Strategic Dilemmas
3.1 First Mission Delivery and Programme Configurations
3.2 Investment and Funding
3.3 Organisational Configuration
3.4 Institutional Research Priorities
3.5 Third Mission: Technology and Knowledge Transfer
3.6 University Communities: Resilience and Progression
4 Academics and Academic Entrepreneurs
5 Dilemmas and Considerations
5.1 Pedagogical and Delivery Modes
5.2 Research Priorities
5.3 Research Impact
5.4 Technology and Knowledge Transfer
5.5 Health and Well-Being
6 Concluding Thoughts
References
Internationalization Meets Digitalization: Entrepreneurial Responses in Higher Education to the COVID-19 Pandemic
1 Introduction
2 The Summer School
3 The Pandemic and the Entrepreneurial Response
4 Conclusion
References
The Silver Lining for Pandemic-Era International Education
1 Berlin, Bloomington, and Beijing
2 Getting Creative
3 Virtual Engagement: Takeaways
4 Partnerships During the Pandemic
5 Outlook
The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Catalyst for Digital Entrepreneurship Education: Reflections on a Rapid Transformation of an Educat...
1 Introduction
2 The COVID-19 Crisis as a Challenge for Higher Education Institutions
3 Entrepreneurship Education Going Digital Fast: Crisis Challenges for Stakeholders in Entrepreneurship Teaching
3.1 Crisis Challenges for Education Management and Networking
3.2 Crisis Challenges for Students and Lecturers in Entrepreneurship Education
3.3 Problem Issues in the Design of Online Entrepreneurship Course Offers
4 Reflecting on Immediate Approaches for Transforming Entrepreneurship Education in Crisis Mode
4.1 Crisis Approaches in Entrepreneurship Education Management and Networking
4.2 Addressing Crisis Issues of Students and Lecturers in Online Entrepreneurship Education
4.3 Approaches for Designing Digital Entrepreneurship Course Formats During the Crisis
5 Future Chances for Entrepreneurship Education and Requirements for Future Research Beyond the Current Pandemic
References
Index
