The Role of Information Technology During COVID-19: Asset or Obstacle?

IF 3 4区 管理学 Q1 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
R. Sabherwal
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Over 6.8 million deaths, and over 760 million confirmed cases over time! These astronomical numbers from the World Health Organization’s March 16, 2023 report reflect the catastrophic impact coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an infectious disease that is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has had on our world. Although the effects have decreased in recent times, they continue to be significant. Based on a quick analysis of publicly available data, 26906 individuals died across the world due to COVID-19 in the 28-day period from February 16, 2022, to March 15, 2023, i.e., a daily average of 961. Moreover, the number of daily deaths has declined in all six continents. During the same period, about 3.92 million new cases were confirmed, for a daily average of about 140,000. The number of confirmed cases has been dropping since February 2022, both worldwide and in five of the six continents. Asia continues to have an increasing number of confirmed cases. However, this continuing rise in confirmed cases is largely influenced by China, which has shown a continuing rapid increase in the number of cases; the rest of Asia is similar to the other five continents with declining number of cases. Amidst this global pandemic, which has caused worldwide economic problems and has been viewed as “a tipping point of historic proportions” (McKinsey, 2020), information technology (IT) has played a prominent role, with significant effects on individuals as well as organizations. This editorial examines some of those effects, including some that could be viewed as positive, and some that could be seen as negative.
信息技术在COVID-19中的作用:资产还是障碍?
随着时间的推移,超过680万人死亡,超过7.6亿确诊病例!这些来自世界卫生组织2023年3月16日报告的天文数字反映了冠状病毒病(COVID-19)对我们世界的灾难性影响,这是一种由SARS-CoV-2病毒引起的传染病。虽然这种影响最近有所减少,但它们仍然很重要。根据对公开数据的快速分析,从2022年2月16日至2023年3月15日的28天内,全球因COVID-19死亡的人数为26906人,即平均每天961人。此外,在所有六大洲,每日死亡人数都有所下降。同期新增确诊病例约392万例,平均每天约14万例。自2022年2月以来,全球以及六大洲中的五大洲的确诊病例数量一直在下降。亚洲的确诊病例数量继续增加。然而,确诊病例的持续增加在很大程度上受到中国的影响,中国的病例数持续快速增加;亚洲其他地区的情况与其他五大洲类似,病例数量在下降。在这场全球大流行中,信息技术(IT)发挥了突出作用,对个人和组织都产生了重大影响,造成了全球经济问题,并被视为“历史性的转折点”(麦肯锡,2020年)。这篇社论探讨了其中的一些影响,包括一些可能被视为积极的影响,以及一些可能被视为消极的影响。
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Journal of Global Information Technology Management
Journal of Global Information Technology Management INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
CiteScore
4.10
自引率
10.00%
发文量
19
期刊介绍: The Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) is a refereed international journal that is supported by Global IT scholars from all over the world. JGITM publishes articles related to all aspects of the application of information technology for international business. The journal also considers a variety of methodological approaches and encourages manuscript submissions from authors all over the world, both from academia and industry. In addition, the journal will also include reviews of MIS books that have bearing on global aspects. Practitioner input will be specifically solicited from time-to-time in the form of invited columns or interviews. Besides quality work, at a minimum each submitted article should have the following three components: an MIS (Management Information Systems) topic, an international orientation (e.g., cross cultural studies or strong international implications), and evidence (e.g., survey data, case studies, secondary data, etc.). Articles in the Journal of Global Information Technology Management include, but are not limited to: -Cross-cultural IS studies -Frameworks/models for global information systems (GIS) -Development, evaluation and management of GIS -Information Resource Management -Electronic Commerce -Privacy & Security -Societal impacts of IT in developing countries -IT and Economic Development -IT Diffusion in developing countries -IT in Health Care -IT human resource issues -DSS/EIS/ES in international settings -Organizational and management structures for GIS -Transborder data flow issues -Supply Chain Management -Distributed global databases and networks -Cultural and societal impacts -Comparative studies of nations -Applications and case studies
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