The social impacts of the coronavirus will leave a legacy long after the virus itself.
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The loss of livelihoods flowing from the efforts to combat the pandemic highlights the dearth of social protection measures on the continent.
Representatives of tenants and agents agree that leaving individuals to try to sort out rent reductions has created a mess. It calls for government to step in to look after both renters and landlords.
Some economists are predicting joblessness to surpass the record level experienced at the height of the Great Depression as 22 million people file for unemployment benefits.
As New Zealand enters a four-week lockdown, some business leaders will get their workers through better than others. Five key principles can make all the difference.
As machine automation and artificial intelligence surge, there’s paranoia our jobs will be overrun by robots. But even if this happens, work won’t disappear, because humans need it.
The governments needs to adjust its agenda to take on board concerns voiced by citizens about the impact of technological changes.
Regional authorities require real teeth to protect their towns from big shocks like factory closures.
South Africa’s finance minister delivered a budget that tried to balance serving the public interest, while maintaining the stability of public finances.
Developing country governments need to give attention to the risks associated with new technologies and develop context-specific responses.
The rise of robots and new technology threatens to take over many jobs, but just how many is still up for debate.
Many large scale organisational changes end up as failures most of the time employers are blamed for being resistant to change. This may be convenient, but it doesn’t deal with the real issues.
The US has already tried to save a steel industry, and its undercooked response holds some valuable lessons.
Why the British steel crisis needs strategic government intervention to give the industry a chance of survival.
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Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Demography, Penn State
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Teaching Fellow, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Industrial Strategy & Regional Development, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regions and Industrial Strategy (CGRIS), University of Bath
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Adjunct Professor, QUT Business School, and Director of Corporate Transition, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor: Organisational behaviour, human capital management, leadership development, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer in Management Practice, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Honorary Fellow, LH Martin Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Marketing & International Business, Auckland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, University of Waikato
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Professor, Urban Economics, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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PhD Candidate in American History, University of Oxford