ABSTRACT
The Covid-19 pandemic has induced a crisis grasping the world abruptly, simultaneously, and swiftly. As a critical juncture, it ignited a change of era for international business. This book illustrates how governments have dealt with the pandemic and the consequent impacts on international business. It also explores the disrupted operations and responses of businesses as their worldwide interconnectivity has been seriously threatened.
The book discourses multidirectional aspects of the effects of Covid-19 on international business, ranging from the juxtaposing forces disrupting globalization and installing a change of era through decoupling of technological, production and knowledge flows to its stimulating aspects to the strategic response on business, industry and state level. The book contains thirty chapters that offer a multidimensional interpretation of impacts of Covid-19 on international business theory and practice.
Employing the latest state of knowledge on the topic, the book is aimed at international business audience - scholars, students and managers who need to understand better the nature, scope and scale of the impacts of the pandemic on international business.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|69 pages
General Outlook of COVID-19 and Its Overall Effects on International Business
chapter 4|21 pages
Digesting a Bitter Cherry on an Overbaked Cake
chapter 5|10 pages
We Are Different
part II|35 pages
COVID-19: Industry Perspectives and Business Models
chapter 8|14 pages
COVID-19 and the Changing Perception of Strategic Industries
part III|44 pages
Impacts of COVID-19 on International Finance and Human Resource Management
part IV|68 pages
Covid-19
part V|29 pages
COVID-19 and International Business Ethics
part VI|40 pages
Small and Medium-Sized Firms and Social Enterprises in COVID-19
chapter 24|10 pages
The Power of Social Enterprises
part VII|57 pages
Geographic Perspectives of COVID-19 Impacts on International Business
part VIII|15 pages
Conclusive Chapter