How is the COVID-19 Pandemic Affecting Global Supply Chains, Logistics, and Transportation?
Author(s) -
Oh Kyoung Kwon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of international logistics and trade
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.161
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2508-7592
pISSN - 1738-2122
DOI - 10.24006/jilt.2020.18.3.107
Subject(s) - supply chain , covid-19 , pandemic , context (archaeology) , scope (computer science) , business , industrial organization , computer science , marketing , geography , medicine , disease , archaeology , pathology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , programming language
This editorial establishes the broader context for debating how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the global supply chains, logistics, and transportation networks in the world The COVID-19 pandemic is an unknown-unknown risk whereby the probability of its occurrence and the possible consequences of a risk event cannot be foreseen Furthermore, the characteristics of COVID-19 differentiate it from previous disasters in terms of the geographic scope of the impact, and the supply- and demand-side impacts, and are making relevant research challenging In this special issue, the interwoven relationships between the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges facing global supply chains, logistics, and transportation are discussed, along with a literature review Selected papers on air transportation networks, emergency logistics, and digital trade are theoretically and empirically probed © 2020 Universidad de Sevilla All rights reserved
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