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MSMEs Go Digital: Leveraging Technology to Sustain during the Covid-19 Crisis

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  • Tanu Goyal

    (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER))

  • Mansi Kedia

    (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER))

  • Prateek Kukreja

Abstract

This survey-based report captures the way MSMEs are adapting to e-commerce platforms including the impact of e-commerce on their business volumes, supply chain linkages and employment. The survey was carried out in the period June to August 2021, around the time the devastating Delta-variant of the novel Corona virus hit India. The survey covers 1,537 manufacturing units in India across six product categories namely sports goods, toys, furniture, readymade garments, handicrafts, and processed and preserved food sectors. Industry clusters were identified across 10 states in India. Within each state, select cities/clusters were covered. All the urvey covers 1,537 manufacturing units in India across six product categories

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  • Tanu Goyal & Mansi Kedia & Prateek Kukreja, 2022. "MSMEs Go Digital: Leveraging Technology to Sustain during the Covid-19 Crisis," Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Report 22-r-01, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India.
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