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.

part I|69 pages

General Outlook of COVID-19 and Its Overall Effects on International Business

chapter 3|9 pages

Covid-19

Challenges to International Business

chapter 4|21 pages

Digesting a Bitter Cherry on an Overbaked Cake

Renewing the Approach to Corporate Strategy in a Global Turmoil

chapter 5|10 pages

We Are Different

Cross-national Similarities in the Non-response to COVID-19 Pandemic and the Need for Global Cooperation

part II|35 pages

COVID-19: Industry Perspectives and Business Models

part III|44 pages

Impacts of COVID-19 on International Finance and Human Resource Management

part VI|40 pages

Small and Medium-Sized Firms and Social Enterprises in COVID-19

chapter 23|17 pages

Covid-19

Challenges to the Internationalization of SMEs

chapter 24|10 pages

The Power of Social Enterprises

Cooperatives as Partners of Multinational Firms in the Post-Pandemic Recovery

part VIII|15 pages

Conclusive Chapter

chapter 30|13 pages

Disrupting Globalization

Prospects for States and Firms in International Business