SME Resilience to Covid-19: Insights from Non-Essential Service Providers in Nairobi

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dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Eltigani
dc.contributor.authorKilika, James
dc.contributor.authorGakenia, Clare
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-16T12:08:11Z
dc.date.available2023-06-16T12:08:11Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe theory of dynamic resource orchestration explains the differentiated response of homogeneous ecosystem organizations to systemic disruptive shocks. The Covid-19 precautionary measures in Kenya have exempted some essential service providers and government agencies, resulting in a differentiated Covid-19 impact across the national SMEs landscape. This article adopted an extractive thematic analysis technique to draw insights from in-depth interviews and discussions with owners and managers of 6 broad-range SMEs considered non-essential services providers excluded from the Covid-19 cessation of movement waiver. The article advanced insights on SMEs' resilience through dynamic resource orchestration capability. It sought to establish whether the possession and orchestration of dynamic resources capabilities differentiated highly resilient SMEs from non-resilient ones. The article identified business diversification, slack finance, intra-stakeholder collaboration, self-reinvention, positive psychology, technology leverage, and cost management as precursory resilience agents within Kenyan SMEs. Research gaps were identified, and recommendations for future research were proposed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAhmed, E., Kilika, J., & Gakenia, C. (2021). SME Resilience to Covid-19: Insights from Non-Essential Service Providers in Nairobi. International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies (2147-4486), 10(4), 24–39. https://doi.org/10.20525/ijfbs.v10i4.1399en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.20525/ijfbs.v10i4.1399
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/25857
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIJFBSen_US
dc.subjectSME Resilienceen_US
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectNon-Essential Service Providersen_US
dc.subjectSystemic Disruptive Eventsen_US
dc.subjectResource Orchestrationen_US
dc.titleSME Resilience to Covid-19: Insights from Non-Essential Service Providers in Nairobien_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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