The Utilization of the Environment as A Source of Social Science: Resilience of SMEs Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The resilience of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is a growing socio-economic issue associated with a weakening economy.The research method used was descriptive.It aimed to see the extent to which SMEs in Garut in surviving the Covid-19 pandemic that hit Indonesia.The results of data analysis showed that most of the studied SMEs demonstrated sufficient resilience to weather the shock of the Covid-19 pandemic.It means that SMEs in Garut had a strong entrepreneurial spirit and was able to seek out various innovations to keep their business sustainable.Therefore, the socio-economic phenomenon is considered to be a relevant source of meaningful social science.