System dynamics model of crises in small and medium enterprises

Figures & data

Table 1. CZ NACE distribution of companies in the data set.

Section	Value Label	Frequency	Valid Percent
A.	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	12	6.56
B.–E.	Manufacturing and processing	47	25.68
F.	Construction	19	10.38
G.	Wholesale and retail trade	36	19.67
H.	Transporting and storage	3	1.64
I.	Accommodation and food service activities	15	8.20
J.	Information and communication	8	4.37
K.	Financial and insurance activities	3	1.64
L.	Real estate activities	5	2.73
M.	Professional, scientific and technical activities	13	7.10
N.	Administrative and support service activities	2	1.09
P.	Education	5	2.73
Q.	Human health and social work activities	3	1.64
R.	Arts, entertainment and recreation	10	5.46
S.	Other services activities	2	1.09
	Total (N)	183	100.00

Source: Authors’ calculation.

Table 2. Crisis features frequencies according the surveyed sample (N = 183).

Crisis feature	Valid percent
Employees (C13)	46.45
Customers/demand (C6)	42.62
Inputs and supplies (C1)	28.42
Regulations, bureaucracy, taxes (C4)	27.32
Collecting bills (C5)	25.68
Competition (C3)	20.77
Owners (C12)	16.94
Financial capital (C2)	15.85
Capacity (C10)	14.21
Natural disasters (C11)	10.93
Technical breakdown (C19)	10.38
Selling prices (C7)	8.74
Quality of production (C16)	8.20
Entrepreneur – personal crisis (C8)	7.10
Thefts (C18)	6.56
Placement of business (C14)	6.01
Processes (C9)	3.83
Outdated product (C15)	1.09
Legal entity (C17)	1.09

Source: Authors’ calculation.

Table 3. Association rules.

	lhs		rhs	support	confidence	lift
Set I	{C16 = Yes}	= >	{C1 = Yes}	0.05464481	0.5555556	1.955128
Set II	{C16 = Yes}	= >	{C6 = Yes}	0.06557377	0.6666667	1.311828
	{C10 = Yes}	= >	{C6 = Yes}	0.08196721	0.6250000	1.229839
	{C3 = Yes}	= >	{C6 = Yes}	0.13661202	0.5681818	1.118035
	{}	= >	{C6 = Yes}	0.50819672	0.5081967	1.000000
	{C1 = Yes}	= >	{C6 = Yes}	0.14207650	0.5000000	0.983871
Set III	{C18 = Yes}	= >	{C13 = Yes}	0.06010929	0.7333333	1.443011
	{C16 = Yes}	= >	{C13 = Yes}	0.07103825	0.7222222	1.421147
	{C2 = Yes}	= >	{C13 = Yes}	0.12021858	0.6285714	1.236866
	{C10 = Yes}	= >	{C13 = Yes}	0.08196721	0.6250000	1.229839
	{}	= >	{C13 = Yes}	0.50819672	0.5081967	1.000000

Source: Authors’ calculation.

Figure 1. System dynamics model for company crises development.

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Figure 2. Nonlinear relationship definition – example of labour market supply curve.

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Figure 3. Results for the base scenario simulation.

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Figure 4. Crisis scenario versus base scenario.

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