Dear colleagues,

 

It is our pleasure to share the online publication of the covid-19 special issue of the journal “cpoib - critical perspectives on international business” (volume 17, issue 2, 2021).

 

This special issue was developed out of a number of zoom webinars in order to “accelerate research on the contemporary global crisis”.

 

Guest edited by Rudolf R. Sinkovics, Christoph Dörrenbächer, Florian Becker-Ritterspach, Mehdi Boussebaa, Louise Curran, Alice de Jonge, and Zaheer Khan, the time to market for this special issue ultimately followed standard processes and thus was not as accelerated as desired, but we have captured fascinating papers with great line-up of authors.

 

Thanks to all the contributors and reviewer for the hard work under stressful conditions, not least the production unit in India which is now under enormous pressure.

 

Papers in the special issue:

 

• Dörrenbächer, Christoph, Rudolf R. Sinkovics, Florian Becker-Ritterspach, Mehdi Boussebaa, Louise Curran, Alice de Jonge, and Zaheer Khan (2021), "The covid-19 pandemic: Towards a societally engaged IB perspective," critical perspectives on international business, 17 (2), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-02-2021-0021
• Ahen, Frederick (2021), "From ebola to covid-19: What explains institutionalized manias and the ultimate preference for non-optimal solutions in global health governance?," critical perspectives on international business, 17 (2), 165-187. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-05-2020-0057
• Yeganeh, Hamid (2021), "Emerging social and business trends associated with the covid-19 pandemic," critical perspectives on international business, 17 (2), 188-209. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-05-2020-0066
• Riaz, Suhaib and Sean Buchanan (2021), "Elite maintenance work across the covid-19 crisis: A critical view on power and language," critical perspectives on international business, 17 (2), 210-229. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-05-2020-0053
• Branicki, Layla, Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor, and Stephen Brammer (2021), "Towards crisis protection(ism)? Covid-19 and selective de-globalization," critical perspectives on international business, 17 (2), 230-251. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-05-2020-0046
• Curran, Louise, Jappe Eckhardt, and Jaemin Lee (2021), "The trade policy response to covid-19 and its implications for international business," critical perspectives on international business, 17 (2), 252-320. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-05-2020-0041
• Das, Arindam (2021), "Predatory FDI during economic crises: Insights from outbound FDI from China and host country responses," critical perspectives on international business, 17 (2), 321-341. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-05-2020-0050
• Schotter, Andreas (2021), "Resilient or not: Boundary-spanning in innovation focused MNEs during global crises," critical perspectives on international business, 17 (2), 342-358. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-05-2020-0037
• Fath, Benjamin, Antje Fiedler, Noemi Sinkovics, Rudolf R. Sinkovics, and Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor (2021), "International relationships and resilience of New Zealand SME exporters during covid-19," critical perspectives on international business, 17 (2), 359-379. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-05-2020-0061

 

If you are behind a paywall or require the endnote file, do get in touch

 

Best wishes,

 

Rudolf

 

 

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