The Covid-19 pandemic: towards a societally engaged IB perspective

IF 2 Q3 BUSINESS

Critical Perspectives on International Business Pub Date : 2021-02-19 DOI:10.1108/CPOIB-02-2021-0021

C. Dörrenbächer, R. Sinkovics, Florian A. A. Becker-Ritterspach, Mehdi Boussebaa, Louise Curran, A. Jonge, Zaheer Khan

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Abstract

Purpose This viewpoint takes up the Covid-19 pandemic as a trigger for a research agenda around societally engaged international business (IB) research Design/methodology/approach The paper is organized as a viewpoint First, it provides an overview of Covid-19 research in business and management and IB in particular Second, it introduces a societally engaged IB perspective, around poverty and human rights as well as trade Findings The paper offers an annotated introduction to the paper contributions of the special issue with three clusters, "re-reading the crisis", "crisis protectionism" and "firm strategies during the pandemic" Research limitations/implications The paper points to future research opportunities in terms of crisis management and societally engaged IB research Practical implications The Covid-19 crisis poses new questions for research on international business and its related disciplines In particular, the political, economic and societal disruption which the pandemic has caused highlights the importance of addressing broader societal issues such as climate change, poverty and inequality through a purposeful and forward-looking research agenda Originality/value The paper and the special issue are some of the first combined research outputs on the Covid-19 pandemic in international business

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新冠肺炎大流行：面向社会参与的IB视角

本观点将Covid-19大流行作为围绕社会参与国际商业(IB)研究设计/方法/方法的研究议程的触发器。本文组织为一个观点，首先，它概述了Covid-19在商业和管理方面的研究，特别是IB，其次，它介绍了社会参与国际商业的观点。这篇论文对特刊的论文贡献做了一个有注释的介绍，分为三个组:“重新阅读危机”;“危机保护主义”和“大流行期间的企业战略”研究局限/启示本文指出了未来在危机管理和社会参与IB研究方面的研究机会。新冠肺炎疫情对经济和社会造成的破坏凸显了通过有目的和前瞻性的研究议程解决气候变化、贫困和不平等等更广泛社会问题的重要性。该论文和特刊是国际商业中首批关于新冠肺炎疫情的联合研究成果

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Critical Perspectives on International Business BUSINESS-

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15.00%

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期刊介绍： In recent years, the business practices and management philosophies of global enterprises have been subject to increasingly close scrutiny by commentators in the fields of journalism and academia. Such scrutiny has been motivated by a growing desire to examine the nature of globalisation, its impact on specific communities and its benefits for society as a whole. Coverage includes, but is not restricted to, issues of: ■Globalization ■Production and consumption ■Economic change ■Societal change ■Politics and power of organizations and governments ■Environmental impact