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If the current situation could be described in one word, it would be ‘uncertainty’. In times of global crisis, it is important to support the economy to keep businesses alive. Therefore, this paper shows the Finnish government measures and how exporters can benefit from them. Looking in particular at the maritime sector, the research pointed out that there were not that many specific measures for exporters and shipbuilders. This essay detected that the provided measures are suitable for the needs of the affected companies and are an effective instrument by the government to stabilise the industry. This is proved by the number of companies taking advantage of these loans, grants and guarantees. Due to the already mentioned uncertainty, it remains unclear how measures have to be adjusted in the future.
Die Corona-Pandemie hat nicht nur tiefgreifende Auswirkungen auf das gesellschaftliche Leben, auch in der Wirtschaft sind die Folgen zu spüren. Dabei können diese Folgen in den einzelnen Branchen sehr unterschiedlich sein. Wo der E-Commerce eine steigende Nachfrage verzeichnen konnte, ist die Nachfrage im Kultur- und Freizeitsektor nahezu komplett eingebrochen. Aber nicht in allen Branchen sind die Auswirkungen so eindeutig. Diese Arbeit befasst sich deshalb mit den Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie auf die Werbefilmproduktionen in Deutschland. Dabei werden die folgenden beiden Forschungsfragen untersucht:
„Welche Gefahren birgt die wirtschaftliche Krise in Folge der Corona-Pandemie für die Werbefilmproduktionsbranche und wie kann diesen entgegengewirkt werden?“
„Welche Chancen ergeben sich aus der aktuellen Wirtschaftskrise und wie können diese für die Zukunft genutzt werden?“
Um diese Fragen zu beantworten, wurden zunächst die Begrifflichkeiten rund um das Thema genau definiert. Aufbauend auf der Literaturrecherche wurde zudem ein Leitfaden für Interviews mit drei Experten aus der Branche erstellt und diese anschließend durchgeführt. Dabei konnten neben einem detaillierteren Einblick in die Branche die Grundlagen für die ebenfalls durchgeführte quantitative Umfrage, die an eine repräsentative Stichprobe aus Unternehmen der Branche gestellt wurde, geschaffen werden.
Es zeigt sich, dass die Werbefilmproduktionen nach einem im ersten Lockdown nahezu kompletten Stillstand, durch schnelles Handeln, effektive Anpassungen in den Arbeitsabläufen vornehmen und dadurch zügig die Arbeit wieder aufnehmen konnten. Auch wenn die Unternehmen weiterhin Schwierigkeiten im Bereich der Planung und Produktion hatten und haben, konnten viele der Unternehmen durch die Verlagerung von Prozessen in die digitale Welt neue Geschäftsfelder erschließen und einen steigenden Umsatz verzeichnen. Schnelles Handeln und Innovationsbereitschaft zeigen sich dabei als zentrale Eigenschaften für eine positive Geschäftsentwicklung in der Krise.
Weiterführende Forschung kann sich mit dem Themenbereich effizientes Arbeiten im Home-Office beschäftigen. Auch im Bereich der Werbefilmproduktion für Social Media und Unternehmenshomepages und im Speziellen, welche Unternehmen diese in Zukunft vermehrt nachfragen, besteht noch Forschungsbedarf. Wie sich die fehlende praktische Erfahrung auf die Qualität der Lehre auswirkt, ist ebenfalls eine noch offene Fragestellung.
This seminar paper examines government measures to support export-oriented companies in Belgium. After a short overview of the Belgian economy and the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, the paper introduces the available government measures for exporters. In particular, the role of Credendo as a Belgian export-credit insurance company will be discussed, and its measures will be examined in more detail. In addition, federal measures of the Belgian government will be identified, and a summary of the most important regional measures will be provided. The entirety of government measures available to export-oriented companies will be reviewed and options for the future activities of export-oriented companies will be pointed out.
The COVID-19 pandemic has the global economy under control. This paper deals with the economic consequences in Germany and shows the measures taken by the German government to support especially small and medium-sized export companies. The structure of the German economy and foreign trade promotion are explained as a basis. After considering the government's support measures, an evaluation of country comparisons shows that there is still potential for further measures, especially in direct lending and debt moratorium. The analysis is based on quantitative data from surveys and qualitative results from interviews with relevant ministries and market participants as well as recent publications.
The coronavirus affects the strongly export-oriented Swiss economy in a situation where political and economic developments are already making the cross-border exchange of goods and services difficult. For this reason, the question arises of how Switzerland can maintain or strengthen its position in global competition in the export business during an unprecedented period of crisis such as the current one.
In order to find an answer to this question, this paper critically examines the existing government support measures for Swiss exporters in times of COVID-19. The fact that Switzerland has so far not taken any specific support measures for exporters raises the actual research question of whether there is a specific necessity and demand for a special export promotion. To answer this research question, various expert opinions are compared and overall conclusions are drawn. By rapidly introducing and adapting the already existing instruments – liquidity assistance and an expansion of short-time work benefits – the federal government was able to ensure the survival of many companies. According to the authors of this paper, this focus of government support in times of crisis is just right for a small national economy in the short term and therefore preferable to a specific support of exporters. Nevertheless, given the high relative importance of foreign trade for Switzerland’s overall economic performance, there can be no recovery of national economy without a recovery of foreign trade.
This paper gives an overview of the impact that the corona pandemic has on the export industry in Canada and analyzes the different Canadian government measures for exporters. In addition, the measures are subsequently evaluated in order to identify if the support measures can help Canadian exporters to overcome the crisis. The basis of this paper are semi-structured expert interviews with experts from the financial sector, scientific literature and studies. The results have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has a major impact on Canada’s export economy and it’s GDP. Trade is only possible to a limited extent, as many borders are closed. The Canadian government reacted with an economic response plan to support Canadian individuals and businesses. This paper depicts and assesses the most eligible measures for export companies.
The aim of this essay is to analyse and evaluate the Italian government measures for exporters in response to COVID-19. The unexpected, rapid and hardly predictable consequences of the pandemic paralyzed the entire globe. For a long time, Italy was the epicentre of the virus, which caused severe damage in the Italian export economy dropping temporarily more than 40%. The Italian government reacted exemplary fast and took multiple countermeasures of high extent especially through the Italian export credit agency SACE. On the one hand, the internationally compared broad structure of SACE was a huge advantage, which allowed to release quickly numerous measures. On the other hand, there is room for improvement regarding the accessibility of measure-related information, which has been partially only available in Italian. Furthermore, there is a remarkable risk resulting from the combination of the high monetary effort to enable the numerous measures, the difficult financial situation of the Italian government and the unpredictability of the COVID-19 consequences.
This essay is about Estonia’s measures to help its exporters responding to COVID-19. The purpose is to analyse the companies’ need for help measures and the governmental objectives behind the measures and finally to analyse the possible effects. We used the two latest surveys dealing with the entrepreneurship situation and conducted two inter-views with governmental representatives exposing their objectives. The outcomes show that more than half of Estonian companies are asking for governmental help mainly as a consequence of a drop of demand. Limiting the increase of unemployment and bankrupt-cies as well as strengthening the economic recovery were identified as the main govern-mental objectives while restraining fiscal costs is a subordinated objective but becomes more important the more money will be spent. The help measures offered by KredEx are in line with these objectives. After the crisis the implications of the established measures should be analysed so that others can learn from the Estonian Government’s approach.
British Government long-term Measures for Exporters in the Manufacturing Sector in Times of COVID-19
(2020)
The authors of this paper have addressed the question of what measures have been taken by the British government to support exporters in the manufacturing sector in the era of COVID-19. A classification of the manufacturing export industry in the British economy as a whole and the impending economic impact of COVID-19 were also examined. It should be noted that the United Kingdom is facing major structural changes as a result of the Corona pandemic and its withdrawal from the European Union, which are examined more in detail in this paper. The UKEF, in cooperation with other institutions, provides a number of finance facilities for exporters already before Corona crisis. The access to get this support has been facilitated for the COVID-19 affected exporters, but no additional measures were made available.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading rapidly across the globe and has seriously affected global trade. In order to reduce the pandemic’s impact on their economy, the French government released a support plan referring to the COVID-19 crisis. Since mid-tier companies play a leading role in France’s export, this paper deals with the measures taken by the French government to support especially French mid-tier export companies. Based on empirical literature and recent publications, the research question is analyzed by conducting interviews with experts, such as market participants, governmental institutions and an expert for trade and innovation. As a result of the research, the emergency measures taken by the French government, such as the CAP Francexport reinsurance scheme, the extension of cover for export guarantees, additional information and assistance, and the deferral of tax and social security contributions have mitigated the effects at first instance.