Tony Fang, PhD, is Professor of Business Administration, Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, Sweden.John Hassler, PhD, is Professor of Economics, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden.

• Chapter 1. Globalization, Political economy, Business and Society in Pandemic Times; Tony Fang and John Hassler Part I Globalization, Political Economy and Society in Pandemic TimesChapter 2. From Vulnerability to Sustainability? The Enforced Cooling down of an Overheated World; Thomas Hylland EriksenChapter 3. The Political Economy of Covid-19; David Zilberman Chapter 4. Macroeconomic Perspectives on the Corona Crisis; John Hassler Chapter 5. Human Rights: Four Lessons from the Pandemic in a Post-pandemic World; Hans Ingvar RothChapter 6. Prosperity and Disease: Lessons from History; Richard Grassman Chapter 7. Covid-19 and its Impact on Medical Research and Society; Qiang Pan-HammarströmPart II Industry and Business Strategy in Pandemic TimesChapter 8. Thinking strategically during the Global Pan(dem)ic; Klaus E. Meyer Chapter 9. Post-Covid Debates in Global Strategy; Mike W. Peng and Nishant Kathuria Chapter 10. The Effects of COVID-19 on Tourism in Nordic Countries; Sigbjørn Tveteraa and Jinghua XieChapter 11. Global Value Chain Strategies before and after the Pandemic Crisis: The Case of Volvo Cars; Claes-Göran Alvstam and Tony FangPart III Leadership and Human Capital in Covid-19 PandemicChapter 12. Sweden’s Covid-19 Strategy from a Leadership Perspective: Importance of Trust and Role Models; Maria Fors Brandebo Chapter 13. The Dual role of Trust in Creative Global Virtual Teams: Implications for Leadership in Times of Crisis; Lena Zander, Oliva Kang, Audra I. Mockaitis, and Peter Zettinig Chapter 14. Human Capital Mobility in Developing Countries under the Pandemic Times: Losses or Opportunities?; Mariia Shagalkina and Marina LatukhaChapter 15. At the Crossroads: International Student Exchanges during the Covid-19 Pandemic; Y. Elizabeth Wang Part IV International Relations and International Business in an Emerging Bifurcated WorldChapter 16. China’s Diplomatic Offensive and Rivalry with the US in response to Covid-19; Sam Suisheng Zhao Chapter 17. The New Challenges in the Emerging Context of Global Decoupling; Peter P. LiChapter 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-RognesPart V Covid-19 and New Research AgendaChapter 19. Covid-19 and International Business; Ilan Alon and Vanessa BretasChapter 20. New Configurations of the IB theories: Dynamic response to the Environmental Challenges; Andrei Panibratov, Liana Rysakova, and Yunxin LuoChapter 21. A Cross-cultural Research Agenda in the time of Covid-19; Rosalie L. Tung