Piyush Sharma is John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University, Australia. His multidisciplinary research appears in the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Service Research, International Journal of Research in Marketing, and Journal of Business Research, among others.

Tak Yan Leung is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Her research on corporate finance, corporate governance, and executive compensation appears in the Academy of Management Journal, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and International Business Review.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: COVID-19 discovery and early response - Unveiling a global crisis

Chapter 2: COVID-19 global spread and reactions - Unity in diversity

Chapter 3: COVID-19 early successes and failures - Battling the unknown

Chapter 4: COVID-19 subsequent waves and new strains - Living with the enemy

Chapter 5: COVID-19 differences in national responses - Different strokes

Chapter 6: COVID-19 business response - Adaptation, resilience, and innovation

Chapter 7: COVID-19 important management lessons - Learning from failures

Chapter 8: Conclusion and recommendations

References

Appendix-I

Appendix-II

Mini-Case I - Samsung response to COVID-19

Mini-Case II - Digital payments revolution in India

Mini-Case III - JobKeeper Payment program in Australia

Mini-Case IV - COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy - The Indian experience