The Impact of COVID-19 on Consumer Behavior and How Business Mitigates it: Indonesian Small to Medium Business Owners’ Perspective – An Explorative Study

Saroso, Hardijanto and Dwidienawati, Diena and Tjahjana, David and Gandasari, Dyah and Faisal, Muhamad (2022) The Impact of COVID-19 on Consumer Behavior and How Business Mitigates it: Indonesian Small to Medium Business Owners’ Perspective – An Explorative Study. International Journal of Industrial Engineering & Production Research, 33 (3). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2008-4889

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Abstract

This research paper aims to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumer behavior and the strategic adjustment implemented by small to medium-size businesses. Consumer behavior has been altered. It has made organizations react to survive. To understand emerging consumer behavior, and how organizations mitigate the changes in the environment, a qualitative study on small to medium size business owners was conducted in October-November 2020. An intensive 60-minute, semi-structured interview was conducted with 23 business owners in Jakarta and its surrounding cities. The findings revealed that there are positive and negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on business depending on the industry type. The type of industry also influenced the scale of the effect. Regardless of the impact, most business owners were optimistic about their businesses surviving. Consumer behavior changed to involving less human interaction, for example going online, and people became more cost-conscious. Business owners mitigated the change with a change in the type of products offered, offering promotions or price reductions and online access. From the business owners' perspective, some of the new behavior will remain after the pandemic, whilst others will revert to the old behavior. Those that offer convenience and simplicity will stay.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Business mitigation; Consumer behavior; COVID-19; Crisis; SME.
Subjects:	600 Technology (Applied Sciences) > 650 Management and Public Relations > 658 General management (Risk Management, Profit and Loss, Logistics) > 658.8 Mall, Shopping Center, E-Commerce > 658.8342 Consumer Behavior
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering & Informatics > Information System
Depositing User:	Administrator UMN Library
Date Deposited:	29 Aug 2024 04:44
Last Modified:	29 Aug 2024 04:44
URI:	https://kc.umn.ac.id/id/eprint/31181

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