Susanne Durst is a Tenured Full Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Head of the Entrepreneurship and International Business unit, at the Department of Business Administration at Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia). She is also a Full Professor of Business Administration, School of Business at the University of Skövde (Sweden). Her research interests include small business management, knowledge (risk) management, innovation management, responsible digitalization and sustainable business development. She has been conducting several national and international research projects. Her work has been awarded different awards and has been published in international peer-reviewed journals. Before joining academia, she worked with private enterprises of different sizes and industries.
Thomas Henschel is Professor of Management Accounting at the Business School of Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (Germany). He has held visiting positions at universities in Sweden, United Kingdom and Italy. His specific research interests are in the areas of risk management and crisis management in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). He has published widely in academic journals and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of International Business and Economic Affairs

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1. Crisis management - From a theoretical point of view.- 2. Crisis management Practices in Small and Medium-sized Firms.- 3. Crisis: A Philosophical Insight.- 4. Managing crisis in SMEs.- 5. Crisis management and leadership: A search for competencies in SMEs.- 6. Crisis management from the perspective of sustainable supply chains.- 7. Different crises in family SMEs and how to prepare for them.- 8. Crisis management in the Public Sector in Times of COVID-19 - Insights from Peru.- 9. Crisis management in SMEs from a leadership perspective.- 10. Crisis management in German Leasing Companies.- 11. Preparing for Crises - Enhancing Resilience.- 12. Crisis management and risk management in SMEs: towards an integrated early warning system.- 13. Conclusions & Outlook.