Covid-19 and International Business: Change of Era
In: Routledge Frontiers in the Development of International Business, Management and Marketing Ser.
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Editors -- Contributors -- 1. International Business in the COVID-19 Pandemic -- State of the World Economy and COVID-19 -- COVID-19 and International Business -- The Book Chapters -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part I: General Outlook of COVID-19 and Its Overall Effects on International Business -- 2. Change of Era or Era of Changes -- The Role of Axis of Tensions in the Evolution of Humanity -- Change of Era or Era of Changes? -- Is COVID-19 the Cause of this Change of Era? Can We Predict the Effect It Will Have on International Business? -- References -- 3. COVID-19: Challenges to International Business -- COVID-19 and Its Specifics Concerning International Business -- COVID-19, Globalization, and Global Supply and Value Chains -- Major Challenges Set by COVID-19 to International Business -- The Present and Future of International Business in Relation to COVID-19 -- References -- 4. Digesting a Bitter Cherry on an Overbaked Cake: Renewing the Approach to Corporate Strategy in a Global Turmoil -- Introduction -- Step 1: New External Pressures -- A. At the Political-Regulatory Level -- B. At the Economic and Social levels -- C. At the Technological Level -- Step 2: Geo-Sectoral Challenges to Organizations -- A. The Challenge of Geographic and Sectoral Redeployment -- B. The Challenge of Adapting the Organization's Offer -- C. The Competition Challenge -- Step 3: Searching for Appropriate Competitive 'Levers' -- A. Innovation Lever -- B. Organizational Lever -- C. Profitability Lever -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5. We Are Different: Cross-national Similarities in the Non-response to COVID-19 Pandemic and the Need for Global Cooperation -- Introduction -- The Fog of Pandemic in the Data -- Policy Response.