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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are vital for community resilience and sustainability. Supporting SMEs through enabling ecosystems accelerates their capacity to adapt to crises and climate change.

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Area of Science:

Environmental Science
Sociology
Business Management

Background:

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the interconnectedness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and community resilience.
SMEs play an underappreciated role in mitigating impacts from human and natural hazards.
Existing research often overlooks the symbiotic relationship between SME resilience and community well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the crucial role of SMEs in enhancing community resilience to various hazards.
To identify opportunities for SMEs to accelerate sustainability practices through supportive ecosystems.
To advocate for a transdisciplinary research agenda focused on SMEs as amplifiers of resilience.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of SME roles in resilience and sustainability.
Examination of the 'enabling ecosystem' framework for private sector sustainability.
Literature review on SME capacity-building and crisis response.

Main Results:

SMEs are pivotal in building community resilience and fostering sustainability.
Enabling ecosystems, comprising policies, resources, and intermediaries, are crucial for SME capacity-building.
Investment, technical capabilities, and innovation must be focused within these ecosystems.

Conclusions:

A transdisciplinary action research agenda is needed, centering on SMEs as key resilience actors.
SMEs require support to enhance their own resilience and adaptive capacity.
Lessons from the pandemic should drive accelerated climate action through SME-focused initiatives.