Sapientia Postgraduate

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)
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Business Resilience Strategies for SMEs during COVID-19 in Tegucigalpa

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  • Tirza Maribel Solórzano Núñez,
  • Ludwing Nelson Espinal Rodas,
  • Lidia Gabriela Raudales Godoy ,
  • Emily Stephania González Reyes,
  • Edwin Camilo Valladares Reyes
Tirza Maribel Solórzano Núñez
Universidad Católica de Honduras "Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz"
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Ludwing Nelson Espinal Rodas
Universidad Católica de Honduras "Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz"
Lidia Gabriela Raudales Godoy
Universidad Católica de Honduras "Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz"
Emily Stephania González Reyes
Universidad Católica de Honduras "Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz"
Edwin Camilo Valladares Reyes
Universidad Católica de Honduras "Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz"

Published 2026-09-11

https://doi.org/10.63975/sp.30

Keywords

  • small businesses; medium-sized businesses;,
  • COVID-19 pandemic,
  • Strategies,
  • Business resilience

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Solórzano Núñez TM, Espinal Rodas LN, Raudales Godoy LG, González Reyes ES, Valladares Reyes EC. Business Resilience Strategies for SMEs during COVID-19 in Tegucigalpa. SP [Internet]. 2026 Sep. 11 [cited 2026 Sep. 29];2(1):8-12. Available from: https://revistas.unicah.edu/index.php/sapientia-postgraduate/article/view/30

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Abstract

Abstract

When analyzing the business resilience strategies adopted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Tegucigalpa during the COVID-19 pandemic, a quantitative approach with a descriptive correlational scope and a non-experimental cross-sectional design was used, with a sample consisting of 262 companies in the SME sector in Tegucigalpa. The results of the five key dimensions of resilience studied in the sector, through Spearman's Rho correlation, identified weak inverse associations between the sector and the resilience dimensions analyzed. There are significant inverse trends of limited magnitude with respect to crisis response capacity and financial and strategic resources. The sector's relationships with respect to organizational adaptability and flexibility, organizational innovation-learning, and personal resilience of the business leader were not significant, and no inverse relationship was evident in the sample. The findings suggest a general trend towards a weak inverse relationship between crisis response capacity and financial and strategic resources, requiring further sector research to delve deeper into the interactions between sector characteristics and resilience strategies implemented in SMEs in Tegucigalpa.

Keywords: Strategies; Business resilience; small businesses; medium-sized businesses; COVID-19 pandemic

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