COVID-19 and Society Socio-Economic Perspectives on the Impact, Implications, and Challenges

This timely book presents a collection of expert insights into the impacts of COVID-19 in a broader socio-economic context. In each chapter, the authors identify the current impact of COVID-19 by demonstrating transformative signals and project these signals to the future by considering their alternative futures and implications.

The book emphasizes that dealing with major global pandemics like COVID-19 requires all countries and regions to take different, but synchronized measures to decrease its socio-economic effects in the short, medium and long run. The consequences of COVID-19 will go beyond medicine to cover all other aspects of life and are bound to change the nature of organizations. Moving beyond the medical viewpoint, the experts in this book discuss the topic from multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary angles by focusing on the domains of technology, business, finance, marketing, law, public administration, and education. 

Socio-Economic Perspectives of COVID-19.- Part 1: Economic, Marketing and Financial Impacts.- 1. Macroeconomic Policy in the time of COVID-19 Crisis.- The Socio-economic Impacts of Uncertainties on Economies: An Analysis of the Expected Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic.- 3. Examination of the Degrowth Theory after COVID-19: American Healthcare Services and China’s Environmental Policies.- The Effects of Psychological Characteristics on Financial Behavior during COVID-19.- Post-Industrial, Post-Pandemic? The Service Economy in the Wake of COVID-19.- Part 2: Science, Technology, and Innovation Impacts.- Rethinking Global Business: Resilience in the Face of Pandemic.- How COVID-19 Pandemic Brings out New Consumer Types: PanSumer Definition and Practice.- Shifts in Digital Technologies’ Implementation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Russia.- The Role of Robots in Supporting Healthcare Staff in the Fight Against Pandemics.- Part 3: Social and Policy Impacts.- Rethinking the City Image and City Sustainability after the COVID-19 Pandemic from the City Marketing Approach: Challenges and Perspectives.- Whats is next for the Tourism Industry after COVID-19?.- The Transforming Context of Global Economy and Mobility Regimes: Forecasts about the Migrant Positions in the Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic with an Overview of its Impacts on Italy.- Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis: The Case of Russia.- COVID-19 Measures Adopted by the Provisional Article 13 of the Turkish Commercial Code on the Limitation of Companies’ Dividened Distribution Decisions.- Getting prepared for the unexpected – What was learned from COVID 19?.

Mustafa Polat is a Professor of Strategy and Management at the OSTIM Technical University (Ankara, Turkey). His research interest lies mainly in the fields of strategy and management, and also includes organizational behavior, leadership, organizational development, and future of management. He has published book chapters and articles in different national and international journals.

Serhat Burmaoglu is a Professor of Health Services Management at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Kyrgyzstan Turkey Manas University (Biskek, Kyrgyzstan). His research interest is on the relationship between economic growth, productivity, competitiveness, innovation, and knowledge economy at the macro-economic level. He has published many book chapters and articles in different national and international journals.

Ozcan Saritas is a Professor of Innovation and Foresight at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE, Moscow, Russia). He is the Editor-in-Chief of “Foresight” - The journal of future studies, strategic thinking, and policy. He is also an Honorary Professor at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, The University of Manchester (UK). His research focuses on innovation and policy research with particular emphasis on socio-economic and technological foresight. He introduced the 'Systemic Foresight Methodology' and has produced a number of publications on the topic.