Globalization, Political Economy, Business and Society in Pandemic Times

Tony Fang, PhD, is Professor of Business Administration, Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, Sweden.John Hassler, PhD, is Professor of Economics, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden.

• Chapter 1. Globalization, Political economy, Business and Society in Pandemic Times; Tony Fang and John Hassler Part I Globalization, Political Economy and Society in Pandemic TimesChapter 2. From Vulnerability to Sustainability? The Enforced Cooling down of an Overheated World; Thomas Hylland EriksenChapter 3. The Political Economy of Covid-19; David Zilberman Chapter 4. Macroeconomic Perspectives on the Corona Crisis; John Hassler Chapter 5. Human Rights: Four Lessons from the Pandemic in a Post-pandemic World; Hans Ingvar RothChapter 6. Prosperity and Disease: Lessons from History; Richard Grassman Chapter 7. Covid-19 and its Impact on Medical Research and Society; Qiang Pan-HammarströmPart II Industry and Business Strategy in Pandemic TimesChapter 8. Thinking strategically during the Global Pan(dem)ic; Klaus E. Meyer Chapter 9. Post-Covid Debates in Global Strategy; Mike W. Peng and Nishant Kathuria Chapter 10. The Effects of COVID-19 on Tourism in Nordic Countries; Sigbjørn Tveteraa and Jinghua XieChapter 11. Global Value Chain Strategies before and after the Pandemic Crisis: The Case of Volvo Cars; Claes-Göran Alvstam and Tony FangPart III Leadership and Human Capital in Covid-19 PandemicChapter 12. Sweden’s Covid-19 Strategy from a Leadership Perspective: Importance of Trust and Role Models; Maria Fors Brandebo Chapter 13. The Dual role of Trust in Creative Global Virtual Teams: Implications for Leadership in Times of Crisis; Lena Zander, Oliva Kang, Audra I. Mockaitis, and Peter Zettinig Chapter 14. Human Capital Mobility in Developing Countries under the Pandemic Times: Losses or Opportunities?; Mariia Shagalkina and Marina LatukhaChapter 15. At the Crossroads: International Student Exchanges during the Covid-19 Pandemic; Y. Elizabeth Wang Part IV International Relations and International Business in an Emerging Bifurcated WorldChapter 16. China’s Diplomatic Offensive and Rivalry with the US in response to Covid-19; Sam Suisheng Zhao Chapter 17. The New Challenges in the Emerging Context of Global Decoupling; Peter P. LiChapter 18. The EU–Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement: A Tool to Tackle the COVID-19 Crisis and Other Global Issues?; Patrik Ström, Marie Söderberg, and Åsa Malmström-RognesPart V Covid-19 and New Research AgendaChapter 19. Covid-19 and International Business; Ilan Alon and Vanessa BretasChapter 20. New Configurations of the IB theories: Dynamic response to the Environmental Challenges; Andrei Panibratov, Liana Rysakova, and Yunxin LuoChapter 21. A Cross-cultural Research Agenda in the time of Covid-19; Rosalie L. Tung