From adversity to advice: Survival threats as a trigger for sustained engagement with external business support in small firms
From adversity to advice: Survival threats as a trigger for sustained engagement with external business support in small firms
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10.1177/02662426221105004
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2022-06
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H. Jibril;Maria Wishart;S. Roper
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作者：
H. Jibril;Maria Wishart;S. Roper
本文分析了中小企业危机经历与咨询咨询之间的关系。虽然对小公司的商业建议和支持的好处是有据可查的，但小公司往往不愿意寻求外部建议，而是依靠非正式的惯例和对日常业务的关注。将危机概念化为寻求建议的触发因素，并使用来自2089家小公司的调查数据，我们发现经历危机与寻求外部商业建议之间存在强烈而显著的关系，这种关系在危机发生后长达五年。对于那些在危机期间也寻求建议的公司来说，这种持续的影响尤其强烈。此外，我们发现商业危机对持续咨询寻求的影响对于遭受外部危机的公司来说更强。
This article analyses the relationship between the experience of a crisis and advice seeking in small firms. Although the benefits of business advice and support to smaller firms are well documented, smaller firms are often reluctant to seek external advice, relying instead on informal routines and a focus on daily operations. Conceptualising crisis as a trigger for advice seeking, and using survey data from 2089 small firms, we find a strong and significant relationship between experiencing a crisis and seeking external business advice up to five years after the crisis. This sustained effect on advice seeking is particularly strong for firms who also sought advice at the time of the crisis. Additionally, we find that the effect of a business crisis on sustained advice seeking is stronger for firms subject to a crisis with external origins.