Purpose

This viewpoint takes up the Covid-19 pandemic as a trigger for a research agenda around societally engaged international business (IB) research.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper is organized as a viewpoint. First, it provides an overview of Covid-19 research in business and management and IB in particular. Second, it introduces a societally engaged IB perspective, around poverty and human rights as well as trade.

Findings

The paper offers an annotated introduction to the paper contributions of the special issue with three clusters, “re-reading the crisis”, “crisis protectionism” and “firm strategies during the pandemic”.

Research limitations/implications

The paper points to future research opportunities in terms of crisis management and societally engaged IB research.

Practical implications

The Covid-19 crisis poses new questions for research on international business and its related disciplines. In particular, the political, economic and societal disruption which the pandemic has caused highlights the importance of addressing broader societal issues such as climate change, poverty and inequality through a purposeful and forward-looking research agenda.

Originality/value

The paper and the special issue are some of the first combined research outputs on the Covid-19 pandemic in international business.

中文翻译：

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Covid-19大流行：朝着积极参与IB的方向发展

目的

这种观点使Covid-19大流行成为围绕社会参与的国际商业（IB）研究的研究议程的触发因素。

设计/方法/方法

本文是作为观点来组织的。首先，它概述了Covid-19在商业和管理领域，特别是在IB方面的研究。其次，它介绍了围绕贫困，人权与贸易的社会参与式IB观点。

发现

本文对这个特刊的论文贡献进行了批注性介绍，其中包括三个方面，即“重读危机”，“危机保护主义”和“大流行期间的坚定策略”。

研究局限/意义

本文指出了在危机管理和社会参与式IB研究方面的未来研究机会。

实际影响

Covid-19危机为国际商务及其相关学科的研究提出了新的问题。大流行造成的政治，经济和社会破坏尤其突出了通过有针对性和前瞻性的研究议程应对更广泛的社会问题（如气候变化，贫困和不平等）的重要性。

创意/价值

该论文和特刊是有关Covid-19大流行国际业务的首批合并研究成果中的一部分。