Abstract

The policy of preventing the transmission of Covid-19 through Large-Scale Social Borders and the Enforcement of Restrictions on Community Activities has had an impact on the economy. Many micro and small businesses have stopped operating, workers have been laid off, unemployment has increased, and there has been new poverty. This study aims to implement a business sustainability model that can adapt to new normal conditions supported by digital platform applications in a rural area and obtain a Covid-19 prevention model with a change in business governance orientation approach that can adapt to the new normal era. The research method used is literature study, exploratory survey, experimental research, and applied research. A field survey was conducted to obtain primary data at the village level. An experimental method to test business sustainability models and digital platform applications on micro and small businesses. Digital platform literacy is carried out through online workshops. The unit of analysis is micro and small business actors. The data analyzed are time series. The research site was in Sumedang Regency from September 2020 to July 2021. The results showed that during the Covid-19 pandemic there were micro and small business activities that made changes, although there were also those who laid off their businesses. Adjustments in the form of substitution of raw materials, modification, diversification, making new products, and changing the way of marketing. The digital platform design is made on a web and android based to carry out the function or process of online transactions for micro and small business products in rural areas. It is hoped that MSE entrepreneurs will understand, through complete information, adjusting needs, as well as helping prevent the transmission of Covid-19 and can support business sustainability in the new normal era.

Highlights

  • The coronavirus (COVID-19) is a viral infection that emerged at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has spread to all regions of the planet

  • Research started with search formulas and the selection of keywords such as small and medium enterprises (SMEs), COVID-19, Risks, Resilience, and Supply chain

  • The search was guided by risks in the supply chains in Mexican SMEs with the appearance of COVID-19

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Introduction

The coronavirus (COVID-19) is a viral infection that emerged at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has spread to all regions of the planet. Research started with search formulas and the selection of keywords such as SMEs, COVID-19, Risks, Resilience, and Supply chain This situation affects the health of the planet and the structure of the world economic order. Thorgren & Williams [10] carried out a study in several SMEs in Sweden They analyzed what actions they took to survive and prevent a major disaster, looking for how they could have a "better" or "critical" long-term impact. In this way, researching to understand the risks that affect SMEs in Mexico helps us to expand our knowledge of how these companies manage disruptions, seeking to be resilient to this pandemic that has changed the normality of how the world works

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Supply Chain in Mexican SMEs
SMEs and the COVID-19 pandemic
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