University of Tehran Published jointly with Iranian World Studies Association Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies 2588-3119 5 2 2021 04 01 Corporate Resilience and Performance in Food Industry SMEs During COVID-19 333 366 85470 10.22059/wsps.2022.333749.1248 EN Ali Davari Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Vajihe Baghersad Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Vajihe Vafaie Ph.D. student of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2020 11 10 The small and medium entrepreneurs’ and managers’ main interest is to avoid the problems resulting from the economic and social crisis during COVID-19. One way to prevent these problems is to increase the organizations’ resilience to achieve optimal business performance. Resilience helps with business continuity and performance, simultaneously assisting social, economic, and cultural policymakers and planners in their tasks. This study investigates the impact of  corporate resilience dimensions on performance in the food SMEs industry in Iran during the COVID-19 era. After reviewing the literature on organizational resilience (planned and adaptive) based on Porter’s value chain, the effects of <br />five dimensions (human resources, marketing, finance, supply chain management, and services) on corporate performance were assessed. Ninety-five questionnaires were collected from food industry SMEs using the simple random sampling method. SPSS 26 and SMART PLS 2.0 were used to analyze the data. The results of data analysis with Partial Least Squares (PLS) showed that all dimensions had a positive effect on corporate performance because all the items <br />had high t coefficients (t > 1.96). With GOF, the overall validation of the model is high. Appropriate changes in Porter’s value chain components (Human Resources, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain Management, and Services) under the COVID-19 influence have a positive effect on performance.  https://wsps.ut.ac.ir/article_85470_b75a4055c330f52add4192e55fd01663.pdf