The existential threat to small businesses, based on their crucial role in the economy, is behind the plethora of scholarly studies in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining the 15 contributions of the special issue on the “Economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on entrepreneurship and small businesses,” the paper comprises four parts: a systematic review of the literature on the effect on entrepreneurship and small businesses; a discussion of four literature strands based on this review; an overview of the contributions in this special issue; and some ideas for post-pandemic economic research.

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COVID-19 大流行对创业和小企业的经济影响

基于小企业在经济中的关键作用，小企业面临的生存威胁是 2020 年（即 COVID-19 大流行的第一年）大量学术研究的背后。该论文审查了“COVID-19 大流行对创业和小企业的经济影响”特刊的 15 篇贡献，包括四个部分：对有关创业和小企业影响的文献的系统回顾；基于此评论对四个文献链的讨论；本期特刊的贡献概览；以及大流行后经济研究的一些想法。