Navigating Through the Crisis – A special Issue on the Covid 19 Crises The 2020 Annual Griffiths School of Management and IT Conference (GSMAC) Vol 1

By 2020, the global economy, led by the US – China duopoly, was experiencing the longest economic expansion on record. An economic slowdown was natural, but few experts expected a triple socioeconomic crisis: a crisis in the medical sector along with a crisis in the social realm and an economic crisis. This volume provides a multifaceted perspective on the current global crises, and its socioeconomic ramifications for individuals, businesses, organizations, governments, systems and developing countries. Featuring selected papers from the 2020 Annual Griffiths School of Management and IT Conference (GSMAC), held in Oradea, Romania, this volume focuses on business, technological and ethical considerations in the process of navigating through crisis. The chapters explore diverse aspects of the sanitary crisis and its ramifications for countries and organizations. Finally, it provides diagnosis and recommendations for managerial practice in various industries impacted.

Silvia L. Fotea is a Lecturer in the Griffiths School of Management and IT at the Emanuel University of Oradea, Romania.

Ioan S. Fotea is an Associate Professor and Dean of Griffiths School of Management and IT at the Emanuel University of Oradea, Romania. He is the coordinator of Emanuel University’s Master in Entrepreneurial Management program and owns Advanced Solutions Ltd. (Oradea, Romania), an international business consultancy firm, while actively participating in various domestic and international business and social projects.

Sebastian A. Vaduva is Chair of the Griffiths School of Management and IT at the Emanuel University in Oradea, Romania, as well as a management scholar with numerous active ties, academic and entrepreneurial, in both Europe and the United States. He has developed various seminars on leadership and effective management on both micro- and macro-economic levels and is behind several programs intended to boost Romanian economy by drawing in international investors and business partners.