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Small Business Economics ; 60(4):1719-1760, 2023.
Article in English | ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2300614

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This paper examines whether the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic exhibits a Schumpeterian "cleansing” of less productive firms. Using firm-level data collected for 34 economies up to 18 months into the crisis, the study finds that less productive firms have a higher probability of permanently closing during the crisis, suggesting that the process of cleansing out unproductive activities is occurring. The paper also uncovers strong and negative relationships of firm exit with digital presence and with innovation. These relationships are driven by small firms. The study further finds that a burdensome business environment increases the probability of firm exit, also driven by small firms, and that a negative relationship exists between firm exit and age. Finally, evidence shows that the cleansing process is disrupted in countries which have introduced policies imposing a moratorium on insolvency procedures.Plain English SummaryThe purpose of this analysis is to investigate whether firms that are more productive are less likely to cease operation during the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. To verify this hypothesis, the paper uses data on firm characteristics, productivity, and status of operation from 34 countries. The data on firm characteristics and productivity were collected before the crisis, while data on the operating status were collected within 18 months since the appearance of the coronavirus. The results of the paper show that indeed, more productive firms are more likely to survive the crisis. In addition, businesses that have been in operation for longer, or ones which have a website or have introduced a new product in the years before the crisis are more likely to continue existing. The positive role of digitalization and innovation is true especially for small firms. Conversely, those businesses which have to spend more time in compliance with government regulations are less likely to survive. The policy implications show the importance of digitalization and innovation, the vulnerabilities of small firms, and the significance of good governance.

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The Journal of Business Economics ; 93(2023/02/01 00:00:0000):229-265, 2023.
Article in English | ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2231587

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, more firms than ever before have enabled their employees to work from home. Based on a representative firm survey in Germany, surveying 2.000 firms per month throughout the course of the pandemic (October 2020 until June 2022), this paper provides suggestive evidence concerning the effects of working from home (WFH) at different points in time during the pandemic and discusses implications for the future of work. We assess the potential of WFH in Germany to be 25–30% of private-sector employees. On the firm side, we find that higher WFH use is positively related to business success during the crisis, with increased employee productivity and employees working more hours when remote being possible mechanisms. Larger firms in particular are open towards expanding their WFH offerings in the future. During the pandemic, firms have experienced that WFH has worked well in many respects (e.g., productivity of employees, quality of work performed) and, for the future, they are willing to facilitate WFH in order to give their employees more flexibility, and to be considered an attractive employer. However, working on site brings advantages (e.g., communication, cooperation and onboarding of new employees) firms will not want to sacrifice, pointing towards a hybrid model of work.

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Natural Volatiles & Essential Oils ; 9(1):861-876, 2022.
Article in English | GIM | ID: covidwho-1787449

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Since its inception in 2019 from China, the novel Coronavirus has caused an unprecedented havoc in the economic and public health sector. Many countries were forced to close their borders and cross-border interactions in order to limit the spread of the disease. Furthermore, many economic and commercial activities were adversely affected as many businesses had to close. The only ones that the pandemic spared were the ones providing essential services. By March 2020, many public healthcare facilities had already been overrun. Other governments devised alternative means of managing significant cases of COVID-19, such as introducing home-based care to give room for more critical cases to be taken care of in intensive care units. It is imperative to identify the disease's risk factors to mitigate the unexpected devastation caused by the SARS-CoV-2. Global epidemiological results indicate that men, especially the elderly, are more susceptible to Coronavirus infection. The number of reported Coronavirus cases varies by gender, and this disparity continues to grow in favor of male participants until they reach the age of 60. Other studies have also established that men more than women are susceptible to coronavirus infection. Further, male patients diagnosed with coronavirus infection were shown to have an elevated mortality rate. SARS-CoV-2 is the Covid-19 pathogen that is transmitted via respiratory globules, through indirect or direct interaction. Evaluation of the genome has revealed that SARS-CoV-2 is 79% similar to SARS-CoV-2;they employ ACE2 receptors to attack cells, meanwhile it has been established that TMPRSS2 promotes ACE2, therefore causing more severe reactions in comparison to the other types of coronaviruses. Studies describe ACE2 as a gateway for viruses to enter cells. It is directly associated with the COVID-19 clinical symptoms. Research has shown that TMPRSS2 and ACE2 are expressed in the male reproductive system tract and testis and are controlled by testosterone. Thus, the male reproductive system has all the mechanism needed to bid SARs-CoV-2, and these possibilities raise the capability of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 as potential vectors of COVID-19. This review examines how the novel Coronavirus find its way into the human cells through known receptors such as ACE2, antibody Fcy R, etc. The examination is also done on the mechanisms of its spike proteins transition with the help of proteases such as cathepsins, Furin, and TMPRSS2. The study reviewed six articles selected based on PRISMA criteria.

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Natural Volatiles & Essential Oils ; 9(1):1008-1015, 2022.
Article in English | GIM | ID: covidwho-1787331

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Since covid-19 has been shown to cause infertility in male patients, this study evaluated the sexual level of covid19 patients using sperm and reproductive hormones. For the covid-19 patients, the semen volume was 2.1 ml smaller than the healthy ones, while the sperm count was 67 ml lower than non-covid-19. A substantial difference in total sperm number was found (36 for covid-19 patients and 103 for non-covid-19), with total sperm numbers of 125.33 for patients and 447.21 x106 for healthy. In other words, the percentage of motile sperm was 21.42 for sick and 55.26 for healthy. We discovered that covid-19 sperm have less than 33.84% overall motility than healthy sperm, while the normal morphology revealed for covid-19 patients showed 8.87 per cent less than non-covid-19. The difference between covid-19 and non-covid-19 testosterone is 130.2NG/DL, while the covid-19 patients had 3.7mIU/mL less FSH than non-covid-19 individuals, indicating that covid-19 reduces FSH. LH in covid-19 patients was 3.48UI/L lower than the non-covid-19 patients. As a result, we compared covid-19 and non-covid-19 patients' sex hormone profiles. Therefore, covid-19 has a deleterious effect on sperm properties. Finally, the study adds to the expanding clinical evidence on covid19's influence on male reproductive health. Future research should focus on the effect of covid-19 on female fertility.

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