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How And How Much Digitalization Affected Enterprise Performance During Covid-19 Pandemic

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  • Ermira KALAJ

    (University "Luigj Gurakuqi", Shkoder, Albania)

  • Erjola BARBULLUSHI

    (University "Luigj Gurakuqi", Shkoder, Albania)

Abstract

This paper focuses on the analyses of digitalization of enterprises and its performance impact in Albania. Using World Bank Enterprise Survey of 2019 merged with the ES follow-up on Covid-19 for Albania we investigate on the overall performance of enterprises during Covid-19 pandemic and the role of digitalization. The objective of the survey is to better understand the firm's experience in the private sector. Collected data are based on firms' experiences and perception of the environment in which they operate. The paper uses these specific questions to study digitalization prior to and during Covid-19 pandemic. ES questionnaires focus on the following questions: (1) Does the establishment have its own website? (2) Started or increased business activity online? (3) Started or increased remote work arrangement for its workforce? The dependent variable is performance of the enterprises measured in terms of sales growth, employment growth, closure, and production adjustment. While the vector of independent variables is composed by enterprise characteristics such as firm size, ownership structure, legal status, region, etc. Moreover, dummy variables are used to capture access to formal banking service, and gender ownership.

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  • Ermira KALAJ & Erjola BARBULLUSHI, 2023. "How And How Much Digitalization Affected Enterprise Performance During Covid-19 Pandemic," Regional Science Inquiry, Hellenic Association of Regional Scientists, vol. 0(1), pages 97-108, June.
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    Keywords

    Firm Performance; Entrepreneurship; Digitalization; General Regional Economics;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
    • R15 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Econometric and Input-Output Models; Other Methods

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