Socioeconomic impact of COVID 19 in micro, small, and medium-sized companies in the province of Cañete 2021

Abstract

Introduction The economic crisis derived from the pandemic has led to the total or partial suspension
of productive activities worldwide, The Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC) reported that more than a third of formal employment and a quarter of the Gross domestic
product (GDP) of Latin America and the Caribbean are in sectors brutally hit by this economic crisis
caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19). This has also hit our country, according to IPE (2020) The
sectors and progress in mitigation and reactivation plans according to the economic distribution of
the INEI. This analysis also includes information from representative companies and unions, as well
as other secondary sources of information, that have suffered this economic blow, in our province of
Cañete all sectors have also felt it. Objective. Know the impact of the socioeconomic impact of
COVID 19 in micro, small, and medium-sized companies in the province of Cañete 2021 Materials
and methods. The research was of an applied, pre-experimental type, a survey was applied to a
stratified sample of 40 microentrepreneurs from Cañete, according to the research objective, such as
the territorial framework, it was validated by experts who ruled applicable and highly reliable through
the process of Crombach's Alpha, yielded 0.967, based on questions of impact on the economy,
innovation and strategies, before (pre-test) and during (post-test) of COVID 19, using the google doc
form. Results. They indicated that before the arrival of COVID 19 (pre-test) in the socioeconomic
level, 23% were very well, after the arrival of COVID, none is very well, on the contrary, in a bad
situation we find 77%, after the arrival of the COVID (Post test) compared to the Pre test that is,
before the arrival of the COVID only 17% were in a bad situation, in terms of innovation before the
COVID bad 79%, after the arrival of the COVID well in 55% and strategies, before the arrival of
COVID 37% well after the arrival of COVID have improved well to 75, conclusion. The Pandemic caused by COVID-19, generated a health crisis, but also affected the economy, as a result of the increase in unemployment, reduction of salaries, decrease in income in Peruvian families that have
less purchasing power, therefore many companies show a decrease in their production levels