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Gender Differences in Enterprise Performance During the COVID-19 Crisis: Do Public Policy Responses Matter?

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  • Addis Birhanu

    (EM - EMLyon Business School)

  • Yamlaksira Getachew

    (Loyola Marymount University)

  • Addisu Lashitew

    (McMaster University [Hamilton, Ontario], Brookings Institution)

Abstract

Under weak market institutions, the positive association between group affiliation and firm performance has been empirically supported. However, the mechanisms behind this relationship remain unclear as business groups may create value for their affiliates via market and non-market strategies. We advance this discussion by leveraging an exogenous shock, namely the sudden government changes ignited by the Arab Spring, to examine: (a) whether business groups hold a competitive advantage in the political environment that enhances the performance of their affiliates and (b) which type of business groups provide that advantage to their affiliates. Our results suggest that the positive effect of group affiliation on performance is not only driven by groups' capabilities to earn superior rents in the market environment as alluded in the literature, but also by their capabilities to earn greater influence rents compared to standalone firms in the political environment. This performance effect is stronger for affiliates of family than for non-family business groups, suggesting that political influence capabilities are heterogeneusly distributed across business group types.

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  • Addis Birhanu & Yamlaksira Getachew & Addisu Lashitew, 2022. "Gender Differences in Enterprise Performance During the COVID-19 Crisis: Do Public Policy Responses Matter?," Post-Print hal-04041935, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04041935
    DOI: 10.1177/10422587221077222
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    Cited by:

    1. Afsaneh Bagheri & Golshan Javadian & Pardis Zakeri & Zahra Arasti, 2024. "Bearing the Unbearable: Exploring Women Entrepreneurs Resilience Building in Times of Crises," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 193(3), pages 715-738, September.
    2. Walid Simmou & Ibrahim Sameer & Khaled Hussainey & Samira Simmou, 2023. "Sociocultural factors and social entrepreneurial intention during the COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary evidence from developing countries," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 1177-1207, September.
    3. Lashitew, Addisu A., 2023. "When businesses go digital: The role of CEO attributes in technology adoption and utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 189(C).
    4. Khurana, Indu & Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan & Audretsch, David B., 2023. "The weaker sex? A tale of means and tails," Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Elsevier, vol. 20(C).

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