Covid-19 Effects on SMEs

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Department: Business and Management Sulaymaniyah
Type of the workshop: International Workshop
The workshop in brief:

Tishk International University, Sulaymaniyah organizing an international online workshop entitled “International Online Workshop on Consequences of COVID 19 on SME’s: Strategies for Survival” in partnership with University of Sulaymaniyah. The purpose of this online workshop is to gather experts and academicians all around the world to discuss the consequences of COVID 19 pandemic on the small and medium enterprises. However, we aim to show some opportunities and threats to them along with the suggestions for survival.
Normally more than 200 academicians applied to attend program from the various countries. But because of the limitation of Zoom we could accept only 100. At the end there were 89 attendees.

Date and time:  March 04, 2021
Place: Online via zoom meeting.

Session topics: 

• COVID-19 and employees’ mental health: stressors, moderators and agenda for organizational actions.
• COVID-19 and employees’ mental health: stressors, moderators and agenda for organizational actions.
• COVID-19 and employees’ mental health: stressors, moderators and agenda for organizational actions.
• COVID-19 and employees’ mental health: stressors, moderators and agenda for organizational actions.

Presenters names and affiliations:

• Prof. Dr. Almas Heshmati, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden.
• Prof. Dr. Halil Zaim, Human Resource Management Department, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait.
• Prof. Dr. Halil Demirer, independent researcher, Germany.
• Assist. Prof. Dr. Salima Hamouche, Canadian University Dubai.

Outcome of the workshop:

  • Provided distinguished information to academicians from various countries.
  • Opportunities and threats of the pandemic process.
  • Proposing new researches based on held seminars.
  • There have been very positive feedbacks to the international online workshop and the participants wished it to repeat again. After the online photo capturing, the workshop was ended.