Análisis del impacto financiero en las empresas del sector de servicios alimentarios de la ciudad de Guayaquil frente al Covid-19

Abstract

The food services sector is made up of an outstanding group in the City of Guayaquil, well known as the Pearl of the Pacific. In March of 2020, the National Government of Ecuador declared a health emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This triggered a series of restrictions, among them a lockdown, and suspension of economic activities. A large part of businesses in this sector saw effects on a financial level, getting negative effects on liquidity, profitability, debt, and solvency. This research shows what the financial impacts were of the global health crisis, which transformed into a crisis of social and financial devastation. To obtain the information, we took the financial state of nine agencies in compliance with the classification of economic activities (CIIU 4.0) and carried out meetings, to measure the impact before, during, and after the lockdown.