INFLUENCE OF COVID-19 ON THE INNOVATION ACTIVITY OF THE BIO-SECTOR IN BULGARIA
Keywords:
bio-sector, bio-enterprises, innovations, innovation activityAbstract
The coronavirus pandemic, which engulfed humanity in early 2020, is developing extremely dynamically, spreading horizontally and affecting a number of sectors besides health - economic, financial, social, environmental. Its effect on modern economies is perceived as unprecedented. It is causing a health and socio-economic crisis of an unprecedented nature, of unclear and unpredictable duration. The state's anti-crisis measures, including physical distance, vaccination, testing, availability of green certificates, etc. have a strong macroeconomic and microeconomic effect. It affects different sectors to varying degrees and strengths. The bio-sector has not been spared the problems caused by the pandemic. He was forced to make innovative changes in his practices in order to survive.
The purpose of this report is to present the results of a survey of biosector enterprises on their innovation performance in the context of the COVID-19 emergency and to summarize the changes in their business practices that will have a lasting effect on their activities, as well as to present the factors that influenced this process.
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