| List of Tables | viii |
| List of Figures | ix |
| About the Contributors | xi |
| 1: Globalization, Political Economy, Business and Society in Pandemic Times | |
| Tony Fang and John Hassler | 1 |
| PART I: GLOBALIZATION, POLITICAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN PANDEMIC TIMES | |
| 2: From Vulnerability to Sustainability? The Enforced Cooling Down of an Overheated World | |
| Thomas Hylland Eriksen | 13 |
| 3: The Political Economy of Covid-19 | |
| David Zilberman | 27 |
| 4: Macroeconomic Perspectives on the Corona Crisis | |
| John Hassler | 41 |
| 5: Human Rights: Four Lessons from the Pandemic in a Post-pandemic World | |
| Hans Ingvar Roth | 51 |
| 6: Prosperity and Disease: Lessons from History | |
| Rickard Grassman | 61 |
| 7: Covid-19 and Its Impact on Medical Research and Society | |
| Qiang Pan-Hammarström | 73 |
| Part II: Industry and Business Strategy in Pandemic Times | |
| 8: Thinking Strategically During the Global Pan(dem)ic | |
| Klaus E. Meyer | 87 |
| 9: Post-Covid Debates in Global Strategy | |
| Mike W. Peng and Nishant Kathuria | 101 |
| 10: The Effects of Covid-19 on Tourism in Nordic Countries | |
| Sigbjørn Landazuri Tveteraas and Jinghua Xie | 109 |
| 11: Global Value Chain Strategies Before and After the Pandemic Crisis: The Case of Volvo Cars | |
| Claes G. Alvstam and Tony Fang | 127 |
| Part III: Leadership and Human Capital in Covid-19 Pandemic | |
| 12: Sweden’s Covid-19 Strategy from a Leadership Perspective: Importance of Trust and Role Models | |
| Maria Fors Brandebo | 143 |
| 13: The Dual Role of Trust in Creative Global Virtual Teams: Implications for Leadership in Times of Crisis | |
| Lena Zander, Olivia Kang, Audra I. Mockaitis and Peter Zettinig | 157 |
| 14: Human Capital Mobility in Developing Countries Under the Pandemic Times: Losses or Opportunities? | |
| Mariia Shagalkina and Marina Latukha | 177 |
| 15: At the Crossroads: International Student Exchanges During the COVID-19 Pandemic | |
| Elizabeth Yi Wang | 189 |
| Part IV: International Relations and International Business in an Emerging Bifurcated World | |
| 16: China’s Diplomatic Offensive and Rivalry with the US in Response to COVID-19 | |
| Suisheng Zhao | 203 |
| 17: The New Challenges in the Emerging Context of Global Decoupling | |
| Peter Ping Li | 221 |
| 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-Rognes | 237 |
| Part V: Covid-19 and New Research Agenda | |
| 19: COVID-19 and International Business | |
| Ilan Alon and Vanessa Bretas | 253 |
| 20: New Configurations of the IB Theories: Dynamic Response to the Environmental Challenges | |
| Andrei Panibratov, Liana Rysakova and Yunxin Luo | 269 |
| 21: A Cross-cultural Research Agenda in the Time of Covid-19 | |
| Rosalie L. Tung | 285 |
| Index | 297 |
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