Chapter 1: Understanding Crisis Management in Modern Societies -- Chapter 2: Crisis management and Small businesses -- Chapter 3: COVID-19 and small businesses responses -- Chapter 4: Forward looking.

This book explores the timely issue of how small businesses, micro firms and entrepreneurs respond to crises. A largely overlooked area of research, the author posits that by better understanding crisis management in small and micro firms, we can help to protect these businesses from the potentially devastating effects of a crisis. Offering guidance for scholars and practitioners, including small business owners, to better understand the concept, limitations and considerations of crisis management - specifically in the small business context - the author demonstrates that there is no single solution for a small business to cope with a crisis. Drawing from the thematic findings, the author offers valuable recommendations on how small business owners can strategically plan for the future and better manage their capability when faced with a crisis. Sukanlaya Sawang is a research Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Coventry University, UK, and has been appointed as the Associate Dean at the Faculty of Business and Law. Prior to joining Coventry University, Professor Sawang was a Reader and the Director of Research Internationalisation at the University of Leicester, and the Director of Research at the International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship, Coventry University. She is also an adjunct Professor at the QUT Business School at Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Sukanlaya received a number of research awards and actively engages with the research community for example, she is Editor-in-Chief for Behavioral Sciences, as well as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Psychology and BMC Psychology. In addition, she supervises and serves on PhD panels and examinations and leads Special Interest Groups at international conferences.