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. 2022 Feb 2;72:102830. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102830

Table-2.

Evidence of Entrepreneurial Interventions made during COVID-19 by large organizations as a crisis management strategy.

Reference Crisis/disaster details EA taken EO used ES availed
How Michelin-starred chefs are being transformed into social bricoleurs? An online qualitative study of luxury foodservice during the pandemic crisis [16] The luxury foodservice sector is facing a severe crisis due to lockdown, and the business was forced to close. Social bricolage, since the chefs used the available resources and prepared food for health workers. These chefs used the available ingredients to innovatively devise recipes and thereby applied effectuation.
These elite chefs used their social status, reputation, and lobbying/networking power to influence and formulate government policies supporting the food industry during the pandemic.
These chefs relearned creative and innovative ways to cook, pack and deliver luxury meals. These chefs adopted Entrepreneurial thinking to develop a multilevel response strategy to tackle social issues.
These elite chefs had a legitimate status to act as influential leaders, influence public opinion, and formulate government policies in favour of hotel/restaurant business.
Employee Adjustment and Well-Being in the Era of COVID-19: Implications for Human Resource Management [34] Employees were struggling with the new working environment. The Human Resource (HR) professionals were attempting to help them. To ensure a smooth transition into the new working style, the HR professionals are undertaking multiple approaches such as ‘work-from-home, online recruitment, virtual training, etc. By using the available resources/techniques and not much worried about the long-term outcomes of these actions, the HR professionals are applying the principle of effectuation.
Conduct online training/social events to help the employees to socially connect and network with other employees.
The proactive orientation of HR professionals for ensuring the relevance of person-environment fit (P-E fit) for their employees.
Providing autonomy to employees during the work-from-home scenario so that the work-life balance is not affected.
The HR professionals are shifting the recruitment, selection, and training to virtual mode, using technology (Digitalization).
The HR professionals are applying entrepreneurial mindset/thinking for the benefit of employees.
Reflections on threat and uncertainty for the future of elite women's football in England [42] The elite women's football team in England is facing a threat and uncertainty during the COVID-19 due to economic repercussions, and the need for maintaining players' well-being, and related contractual issues. Due to the reduced financial inflow from corporate companies, crisis planning is undertaken to avoid football clubs' closing.
During the financial crisis, the football clubs are reducing their costs by applying all possible financial prudence. Also, they are applying bricolage in using scarce financial resources.
The football associations are attempting to pivot their business model by conducting matches near tourist sites.
The Women's clubs attempted to explore aninnovative source of revenue through crowdfunding.
The women's football team plans to proactively integrate with the professional men's club (as men's clubs are better funded). Secondly, such integration can enhance the competitive aggressiveness of football clubs among other sports.
Women's clubs are encouraged to embrace an entrepreneurial mindset to explore revenue generation and improve their wellbeing.
To increase the financial inflow and retain the league's integrity, regular crisis management reviews are undertaken by the higher level of leadership, and suitable supportive policies are being formulated.
To ensure the well-being of the players, additional resources (infrastructure) are employed.
Only a team of relevant stakeholders (governing bodies of football clubs, players associations, football associations, etc.) with coordinated action will help the football clubs to overcome the crisis.
International entrepreneurship in the post-Covid world [209] Travel restrictions on Global and International businesses (IBs), caused due to lockdown. To overcome the inability to travel IBs have shifted focus on local development of R&D, as they believe this will give them a unique competitive advantage. These firms may collaborate with local ventures to engage in frugal innovations so that local resources are best used by way of bricolage.
Due to digital communication technologies, IBs have achieved greater responsiveness and agility in handling IBs.
IBs attempt to use universities' discoveries, aiming to convert these innovative ideas/prototypes into products and goods.
The IBs are taking a calculated risk, as their challenges to handle stakeholders across the globe have increased.
Digital technology helps IBs to connect with firms across the globe.