The Doshisha University SME Management Research Center conducted a questionnaire survey of SMEs nationwide in order to clarify the impact of the new coronavirus on SME management.
According to the survey, when asked "how long the effects of coronavirus will last", 1% answered "lasting for about a year or more", and 74.0% answered "until the end of 2021" at the longest.In response to this situation, 25.7% of companies are taking some new actions, and their efforts were various.The current sentiment of entrepreneurs themselves is that half of the entrepreneurs feel that "a pinch is an opportunity" and "it will be somehow (optimistic and wishful thinking)".
Regarding the survival of the company, 66.4% answered that it will surely survive in the long term.Most of the people who asked for management consultation and response were business associates, followed by employees, tax accountants, and customers.Satisfaction with counseling and response was also highest among business associates, and it was found that entrepreneurs consult not only with organizational members such as employees, but also with non-organizational members such as business associates and tax accountants.
Regarding the response to work at home, "7.4% who completely switched to work at home, 26.5% who changed partly" and "30.1% who do not need to switch to work at home".There were many opinions that it was not possible to work from home, depending on the type of business and work. Regarding sales in April 2020, compared to the same period of 4, many entrepreneurs answered that they decreased, but they answered that they increased by 2019%.In the next three months (May-July), 14.4% of entrepreneurs are expected to decrease, while 3% are expected to increase.
In the future, the center plans to conduct interview surveys with entrepreneurs and additional surveys in order to further learn about and learn about the entrepreneurial activities associated with the effects of the new coronavirus.
* The survey targets 366 cases nationwide, mainly in the Kansai region (52.8% in Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, 6.0% in Tokyo), 26.5% in the manufacturing industry, 13.9% in wholesale and retail, 9% with 54.9 or less employees, and 1990% since the 46.1s. Founding XNUMX%
