The Significance of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Business Management – the Perspective of Małopolska Entrepreneurs Participating in International Trade
The Significance of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Business Management – the Perspective of Małopolska Entrepreneurs Participating in International Trade

Summary/Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic changed reality almost overnight. The uncertainty associated with its impact has affected the activities of enterprises to varying degrees. The aim of the article is to indicate the importance of the pandemic for the process of enterprise management. The research hypothesis is formulated as follows: volatility, uncertainty and ambiguity of the environment, which appeared in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, forced many enterprises to adapt to functioning in completely different conditions – it was, unquestionably, not an easy task. However, as shown by entrepreneurs from the region of Małopolska (Lesser Poland) engaged in international trade – not impossible. This article is structured in two parts and a summary. The first part discusses the significance of the COVID-19 pandemic for the process of business management, the second describes the activities of enterprises from Małopolska. The research was based on the descriptive analysis, preceded by a review of the subject literature, the inductive method and the analysis of data provided by the Małopolska Customs and Tax Office in Krakow.

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