Purpose The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the world in an unprecedented manner The economic recession in 2020 is expected to be the most serious since the Second World War This study aims to analyse the likely consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis on entrepreneurship and new venture activity Design/methodology/approach The paper focuses first on the major shocks caused by the pandemic that may affect entrepreneurial activity To do so, the authors briefly review the literature about the previous financial crisis and its effects on entrepreneurship Then, the manuscript means to disentangle how these shocks will impinge on the different stages and motives within the entrepreneurial process Findings This analysis reveals that the consequences of the pandemic for entrepreneurship will be generally damaging, but they may not be so tremendously negative as originally thought We could initially expect a broad downturn in entrepreneurial activity Soon after that, however, necessity entrepreneurship is likely to boom At the same time, but to a lesser extent, high-potential entrepreneurial activity could also be fostered, provided the recovery is quick and there is sufficient support from the environment and institutions Originality/value This is probably one of the first academic reflections on the likely effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on entrepreneurship It specifically addresses the role of institutions and how they may differently affect necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship It also suggests interesting related research areas and some basic recommendations on how to help entrepreneurs overcome it

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Covid-19 大流行和企业家精神：一些思考

目的 Covid-19 大流行以前所未有的方式影响了世界 2020 年的经济衰退预计将是二战以来最严重的 本研究旨在分析 Covid-19 大流行危机对创业和新创业活动 设计/方法/途径 本文首先关注可能影响创业活动的大流行造成的重大冲击为此，作者简要回顾了有关上一次金融危机及其对创业的影响的文献 然后，手稿意味着解开这些冲击将如何影响创业过程中的不同阶段和动机 调查结果 该分析表明，大流行对创业的影响通常具有破坏性，但它们可能并不像最初想象的那么消极 我们最初可以预期创业活动将普遍下滑 但是不久之后，必需品创业可能会蓬勃发展 同时，但在较小程度上，高潜力的创业活动可能也将得到培养，前提是恢复迅速，环境和机构有足够的支持 原创性/价值 这可能是关于 Covid-19 大流行对创业的可能影响的首批学术反思之一 它专门解决了机构的作用以及它们如何不同地影响必要性和机会创业 它还提出了有趣的相关研究领域和一些关于如何帮助创业者克服它的基本建议前提是恢复很快，并且有环境和机构的足够支持 原创性/价值 这可能是对 Covid-19 大流行对创业的可能影响的首批学术反思之一 它专门解决了机构的作用以及它们如何可能不同程度地影响必要性和机会创业 它还提出了有趣的相关研究领域和一些关于如何帮助创业者克服它的基本建议