Conférence : R&D Management 2022, 10 July 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic causes SMEs to reinvent themselves, in part or in whole to survive, the concept of organizational resilience (OR) seems to be increasingly popular in response to this challenge(Thukral, 2021). Also, Business Model Innovation (BMI) is an important response mechanism in turbulent environments. Although previous research recognizes a link between BMI and OR, it is still largely unexplored (Buliga, Scheiner, & Voigt, 2016). Understanding the relationship between these two concepts would allow for a better understanding of adequate organizational responses to environmental change. In this sense, we propose a conceptual framework to understand the link between BMI and OR in the specific contexte of SMEs