Abstract

ROBLES-ROBLES, María del Rosario Fátima; ROMERO-ESPINOZA, María de los Ángeles  and  ROMERO VIVAR, Natalia Guadalupe. Preliminary economic and operational effects of COVID-19 on MSMEs in Sonora, Mexico. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.67, pp.631-655.  Epub Apr 25, 2022. ISSN 2448-6183.  https://doi.org/10.22136/est20211716.

According to CEPAL, COVID-19, will have serious effects in the short and long term, the intensity and depth of which will depend on the conditions of each economy, world trade and the closure of micro, small and medium enterprises. Under this framework, the objective of this study was to describe the preliminary economic and operational effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in MSMEs in Sonora, Mexico. It was found that the additional cost of facing the pandemic is explained by 21% from the percentage of reduction in sales and the number of people employed by the companies surveyed.

Keywords : MSMEs; COVID-19; effects; costs.