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Mapping the Causative Factors that Threaten the SMEs to Survive during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach

Abstract— This research aimed to investigate the underlying causative factors that threaten SMEs of wooden-based furniture to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. After the content validation process, this research identified 15 causative factors; 14 out 15 causative factors were based on literature review, one out 15 causative factors were based on the suggestion of a panel of experts. The result of data processing with ISM methodology indicated two very significant causative factors, namely limitations on freedom of movement from the government and the unexpected change of rules (i.e., regulation and laws) on the enterprise or on the market in which the SMEs operate..

Index Terms— causative factors, COVID-19, Interpretive Structural Modelling, SMEs wooden-based furniture.

Aries Susanty
Industrial Engineering Department, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
Arfan Bakhtiar
Industrial Engineering Department, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
Nia Budi Puspitasari
Industrial Engineering Department, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
Ramandika Alief Nurahayu
Industrial Engineering Department, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia

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Cite: Aries Susanty, Arfan Bakhtiar, Nia Budi Puspitasari, Ramandika Alief Nurahayu, " Mapping the Causative Factors that Threaten the SMEs to Survive during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach, " WCSE 2022 Spring Event: 2022 9th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, pp. 339-347, Sanya, China, April 15-18, 2022.