How to Manage and Survive during a Global Crisis Lessons for Managers from the COVID-19 Pandemic Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies Series

Sharma and Leung explore the differences in the national and organisational responses to COVID-19 across various countries.

The Covid-19 global pandemic is possibly the worst healthcare disaster ever and recent studies highlight several differences in the response to COVID-19. Some countries acted quickly with strict measures to successfully contain the initial spread of COVID and minimise the number of cases and deaths while others have not been as proactive and suffered more as a result. The book is organised under distinct themes based on the stages of Covid-19 pandemic, consisting of a) discovery and early response, b) global spread and reactions, c) early successes and failures, d) subsequent waves and new strains. It goes on to analyse the differences in national responses to draw important lessons for managers and governments and concludes with policy recommendations.

A useful guide for students, managers, and the general public who are interested in learning about the COVID-19 experience and how such global crises could be managed more effectively in future.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: COVID-19 discovery and early response - Unveiling a global crisis

Chapter 2: COVID-19 global spread and reactions – Unity in diversity

Chapter 3: COVID-19 early successes and failures – Battling the unknown

Chapter 4: COVID-19 subsequent waves and new strains – Living with the enemy

Chapter 5: COVID-19 differences in national responses – Different strokes

Chapter 6: COVID-19 business response – Adaptation, Resilience, and Innovation

Chapter 7: COVID-19 important management lessons – Learning from failures

Chapter 8: Conclusion and recommendations

References

Appendix-I

Appendix-II

Mini-Case I – Samsung response to COVID-19

Mini-Case II – Digital payments revolution in India

Mini-Case III – JobKeeper payment program in Australia

Mini-Case IV – COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy – The Indian experience

Piyush Sharma is John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University, Australia. His multidisciplinary research appears in Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Service Research, International Journal of Research in Marketing, and Journal of Business Research, among others.

Tak Yan Leung is Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Her research on corporate finance, corporate governance, and executive compensation appears in Academy of Management Journal, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and International Business Review.