This essay examines how different individual and collective actors interpreted the initial weeks of the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak from the German perspective. During this early phase, knowledge about COVID-19 was quite limited and uncertain, which also influenced the ability to assess...

This article aims at studying how the resilience strategy of Baitul Maal Wattamwil (BMW) amidst the disruption and covid-19 pandemic in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Based on the collected data through observation, interviews, and archives, BMT in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara should not worry about...

The global spread of COVID-19 virus in early 2020, and the measures taken to contain it pushed the global economy into a deep contraction. As illustrated in Figure 1, global GDP fell 10.5 percent below its pre-pandemic level in the second quarter of 2020

Introduction/Main Objectives: This study aims to review the employee’s risks and resilience during COVID-19 pandemic. Background Problems: COVID-19 pandemic brought tremendous impact, psychological and economically, across countries. To what extent employees around the world are able to adapt...

Experiences arising from recent geo-political tensions, natural disasters such as the 2011 Japanese Tōhoku Earthquake, the Covid-19 Pandemic and the 2022 Russo – Ukrainian war have all illustrated the fragility of the global supply chains to exogenous shocks. Shocks always occur, but the...

Grit, a non-cognitive skill that indicates perseverance and passion for long-term goals, has been shown to predict academic achievement. This paper provides evidence that grit also predicts student outcomes during the challenging period of the Covid-19 pandemic. We use a unique behavioral...