Challenges to COVID-19 vaccine supply chain: Implications for sustainable development goals

Alam, Shah; Ahmed, Sayem; Ali, Syed Mithun; Sarker, Sudipa; Kabir, Golam; ul-Islam, Asif

doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108193

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“…Technology, automation through technologies, and collaborative technologies are the important IT platforms as needed for every employee in the organization. Not only for employees, but eLearning acceptance [60] by students proves that COVID-19 is enabling DT directly. Changes in operation or business model [61] is very much driven by DT in the form on industry 4.0 in COVID-19 situation.…”

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confidence: 94%

Positive and Negative Impacts of COVID-19 in Digital Transformation

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This study was designed to research the impact of pandemic situations such as COVID-19 in digital transformation (DT). Our proposed study was designed to research whether COVID-19 is a driver of digital transformation and to look at the three most positive and negative DT disruptors. Our study suggests that COVID-19 is a driver of digital transformation, since 94 percent of respondents agreed that COVID-19 is a driver of DT. The second phase of our study shows that technology, automation, and collaboration (TAC) is the most positive significant factor which enables work from anywhere (WFA) (or work from home) arrangements and also leads to the third positive factor of a work-life balance (WLB). The top three negative factors are no work-life balance (NWL), social employment issues (SEI), and data security and technology issues (DST). The negative factors show a contradictory result since NWL is the most negative factor, even though WLB is the third most positive factor. While the pandemic situation is leading to a positive situation for economies and organizations at a micro level, the negative impacts, which will affect overall economic growth as well as social, health, and wealth wellbeing, need to be kept in mind. The motivation of this study was to research positive and negative effects of COVID-19 on DT, since COVID-19 is impacting everyone and everyday life, including businesses. Our study developed a unique framework to address both positive and negative adoption. Our study also highlights the need for organizations and the economy to establish mitigation plans, as the pandemic has already been disrupting the entire world for the past three quarters.

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confidence: 94%

Positive and Negative Impacts of COVID-19 in Digital Transformation

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“…We also use the published materials on the topic of sustainable development and implementation of the SDGs in emerging economies of such researchers as Alam et al (2021, Hassani et al (2021), Sebestyén and Abonyi (2021), Tabares (2021), Tang et al (2021), and Ullah et al (2021).…”

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Dataset Modelling of the Financial Risk Management of Social Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies

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The relevance of this study lies in the fact that financial risk is a serious obstacle to the development of social entrepreneurship, preventing the implementation of potential support for sustainable development goals in business. The purpose of this article is to clarify specific aspects of financing factors and financial risk related to social entrepreneurship in developing countries (in comparison with the standard financial risk related to commercial entrepreneurship) in order to analyze the influence of the financing factors of social entrepreneurship on sustainable development, as well as to determine the potential for the development of social entrepreneurship through financial risk management. To achieve this goal, this article uses the methodology of econometrics—dataset modelling of financial risk management in social entrepreneurship to achieve sustainable development in emerging economies. On the basis of the results of this study, firstly, it is substantiated that the financial risks entailed by social entrepreneurship differ from the standard financial risk present in commercial entrepreneurship. Specific factors of the financing of sustainable development in emerging economies are determined and, on the basis of this, financial risks specific to social entrepreneurship in emerging economies are identified as follows: (1) reduced stimulus to use financial resources in long-term investments, which disrupts the stability and decreases inclusion; (2) joint public–private investments and decreased investment in R&D; and (3) expanded investment in the skills required for jobs and “markets of tomorrow”. Secondly, a contradictory influence of financing factors on sustainable development is demonstrated. Thirdly, a large potential for the development of social entrepreneurship by means of financial risk management (maximum reduction) was identified. With the minimization of financial risk, social entrepreneurship would demonstrate substantial progress, with an increase of 99.61% (more than 50%) from 45.18 points to 90.18 points. A novel contribution of this paper to the extant literature consists of the specification of the essence and specifics of social entrepreneurship in emerging economies through the identification of financial risks and the provision of recommendations for their management.

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“…The regionalism associated with input production also requires an extra transportation step because global manufacturers are not always located close to their inputs [ 2 ]. The authors of one study claim in their analysis that the five biggest challenges to COVID vaccine supply chains were the limited number of vaccine manufacturing companies, poor coordination with local organizations, a lack of vaccine monitoring bodies, difficulties in monitoring and controlling vaccine temperature, and vaccination cost and lack of financial support for vaccine purchase [ 20 •• ].…”

Section: Review: Nano Supply Chains and Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%