Impacts of COVID-19 on Firms in Malaysia : Results from the 1st Round of COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey

The COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey (BPS) is a rapid survey designed to measure the various channels of impact of COVID-19 on firms, firm adjustment strategies, and public policy responses. The World Bank, in collaboration with a private survey comp...

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Main Authors: Kuriakose, Smita, Tran, Trang
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/920721608701630943/Impacts-of-COVID-19-on-Firms-in-Malaysia-Results-from-the-First-Round-of-COVID-19-Business-Pulse-Survey
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spelling okr-10986-349652021-04-23T14:02:13Z Impacts of COVID-19 on Firms in Malaysia : Results from the 1st Round of COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey Kuriakose, Smita Tran, Trang CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT ENTERPRISE SURVEY LOCKDOWN SUPPLY CHAIN SALES REVENUE RECOVERY EMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL CRISIS DIGITAL ECONOMY HEALTH PROTOCOL The COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey (BPS) is a rapid survey designed to measure the various channels of impact of COVID-19 on firms, firm adjustment strategies, and public policy responses. The World Bank, in collaboration with a private survey company, conducted the 1st round of the Malaysia BPS in October 2020. Firms were sampled randomly from an online business panel database, which consists of 100,000 plus companies in all sectors and sizes, across Peninsular and East Malaysia. A minimum sample size was obtained for sectors that are important to Malaysia’s economy and are sensitive to the COVID-19 crisis (export oriented activities: electronics, automotive, tourism related activities) while preserving the sectoral shares in the sampling frame. The survey was conducted online and yielded 1,500 responses from respondents in senior management positions at their company (i.e. owners, C-suite or Director level). 2021-01-05T19:36:57Z 2021-01-05T19:36:57Z 2020-12 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/920721608701630943/Impacts-of-COVID-19-on-Firms-in-Malaysia-Results-from-the-First-Round-of-COVID-19-Business-Pulse-Survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34965 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief East Asia and Pacific Malaysia
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topic CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
ENTERPRISE SURVEY
LOCKDOWN
SUPPLY CHAIN
SALES REVENUE
RECOVERY
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL CRISIS
DIGITAL ECONOMY
HEALTH PROTOCOL
spellingShingle CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
ENTERPRISE SURVEY
LOCKDOWN
SUPPLY CHAIN
SALES REVENUE
RECOVERY
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL CRISIS
DIGITAL ECONOMY
HEALTH PROTOCOL
Kuriakose, Smita
Tran, Trang
Impacts of COVID-19 on Firms in Malaysia : Results from the 1st Round of COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Malaysia
description The COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey (BPS) is a rapid survey designed to measure the various channels of impact of COVID-19 on firms, firm adjustment strategies, and public policy responses. The World Bank, in collaboration with a private survey company, conducted the 1st round of the Malaysia BPS in October 2020. Firms were sampled randomly from an online business panel database, which consists of 100,000 plus companies in all sectors and sizes, across Peninsular and East Malaysia. A minimum sample size was obtained for sectors that are important to Malaysia’s economy and are sensitive to the COVID-19 crisis (export oriented activities: electronics, automotive, tourism related activities) while preserving the sectoral shares in the sampling frame. The survey was conducted online and yielded 1,500 responses from respondents in senior management positions at their company (i.e. owners, C-suite or Director level).
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author Kuriakose, Smita
Tran, Trang
author_facet Kuriakose, Smita
Tran, Trang
author_sort Kuriakose, Smita
title Impacts of COVID-19 on Firms in Malaysia : Results from the 1st Round of COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey
title_short Impacts of COVID-19 on Firms in Malaysia : Results from the 1st Round of COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey
title_full Impacts of COVID-19 on Firms in Malaysia : Results from the 1st Round of COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey
title_fullStr Impacts of COVID-19 on Firms in Malaysia : Results from the 1st Round of COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of COVID-19 on Firms in Malaysia : Results from the 1st Round of COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey
title_sort impacts of covid-19 on firms in malaysia : results from the 1st round of covid-19 business pulse survey
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/920721608701630943/Impacts-of-COVID-19-on-Firms-in-Malaysia-Results-from-the-First-Round-of-COVID-19-Business-Pulse-Survey
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