Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify sustainability learnings from origins of epidemics such as COVID-19 and deduct conclusions for businesses to create sustainable futures in three industries, which are strongly affected by Covid-19 Two main questions guide the discussion: How can we break the paths of viral epidemics through accounting for sustainability issues in the supply chain? How can we learn from sustainable supply chain failures to transform industries for sustainable futures? Design/methodology/approach: This viewpoint provides a conceptual discussion of opportunities and the necessity to develop resilient businesses for three indsutries, which have been particularly affected by the Covid-19 crises Findings: To defeat future pandemics, three paths how epidemics develop need to be broken in order to create sustainable development structural transitions beyond degrowth are needed Practical implications: The practical implications for this paper are the learnings for management to develop more resilient businesses Social implications: By breaking the three paths of pandemic development and by contributing to sustainable futures of sectors, the likelihood of future pandemics can be reduced Originality/value: By considering origins and the past of pandemics and with sustainability transformations of businesses, contributions can be made for more sustainable futures of industries © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited

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从 COVID-19 危机中吸取的可持续性教训。弹性行业和业务发展的机会

目的：本文的目的是从 COVID-19 等流行病的起源中确定可持续性经验，并为企业在受 Covid-19 强烈影响的三个行业中创造可持续未来的结论推导出两个主要问题指导讨论：我们能否通过解决供应链中的可持续性问题来打破病毒流行的路径？我们如何从可持续供应链的失败中吸取教训，为可持续的未来转变行业？设计/方法/方法：这一观点提供了关于为三个行业发展弹性业务的机会和必要性的概念性讨论，这些行业尤其受到 Covid-19 危机的影响 调查结果：为了战胜未来的流行病，