Organizational resilience after the pandemic conditions: A comparative study on the small firms in Azerbaijan and Georgia

The COVID-19 pandemic suddenly grew up and aggravated the situation of human life and the economy globally. This thesis investigates negative effects of the pandemic period on small firms in Azerbaijan and Georgia through the lenses of organizational resilience. It presents the problems small firms faced during and after the pandemic in these two countries, what measures were taken and how the enterprises protected themselves against pandemic activities. The discussion is based on secondary data gathered from official statistics of both countries and reports published by international institutions. The conditions of small firms in both countries and the impacts of different measures taken by the governments are compared. It concludes that small enterprises in Azerbaijan remained more resilient than Georgian counterparts mainly because of the effectiveness of state intervention. This thesis contributes to the studies on resilience and pandemic depending on a rich comparison of two developing countries about overall performance of small business and factors behind.