Reflexos da pandemia do Covid-19 no comportamento das constituições e extinções de empresas na região sul do Brasil

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic caused several impacts, not only in the biological aspect, but also in the social, cultural, political and economic spheres. In this context, the present study aims to analyze the reflexes of the Covid-19 pandemic and the behavior of the numbers of incorporation and extinction of companies in the southern region of Brazil, compared to data prior to the pandemic period. To this end, the study employs a qualitative-quantitative and descriptive approach, using bibliographic and documentary research, having as object of bibliometric analysis the previous studies to identify the reflexes of the pandemic, and to analyze the behavior of the registrations of constitutions and extinctions of companies from 2018 to 2021, descriptive statistics and T-test were used. The results reveal that the main reflexes of the Covid-19 pandemic refer to the economic-financial, commercial, operational-management and people management aspects, especially with the increase in the unemployment. As for the behavior of registrations of incorporation and write-offs of companies in the southern states of Brazil, there is a greater number of company openings in Paraná, while the largest number of extinctions is registered in RS. The most used type of business is the Limited Partnership and the Individual Entrepreneur, reflecting the importance of small businesses in the economy. The study reveals that there were no significant differences in averages between incorporations and extinctions of companies, comparing the period before the pandemic (2018-2019), in relation to the period of greatest confrontation of the health crisis (2020-2021). These findings contribute to the literature, by reporting the consequences of the pandemic in the business context, and in practice, by highlighting the behavior of the registrations of constitutions and extinctions of companies of different legal natures, helping entrepreneurs and public managers in the creation of policies aimed at the strengthening and continuity of companies in times of crisis.