04961nam a22005895i 4500 978-3-031-47780-5 DE-He213 20251030111500.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240304s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031477805 978-3-031-47780-5 10.1007/978-3-031-47780-5 doi HD72-88 KC bicssc BUS068000 bisacsh KC thema The Economic and Social Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic [electronic resource] : Romania in a European Context / edited by Valentina Vasile, Elena Bunduchi. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. VI, 334 p. 113 illus., 108 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Contributions to Economics, 2197-7178 Chapter 1. Preliminary Comments. A Scientometric Dimension of the Economic and Social Impact of Covid-19 -- Chapter 2. Another Crisis, Different Responses? – Determinants of Crisis and Mixt Impact on Economic Development. A Comparative Approach of the Eu Countries -- Chapter 3. Digital Transformation. Challenges and Limits for the New Normal -- Chapter 4. Thinking Beyond Covid-19: What’s Next for Romanian SMES? -- Chapter 5. Distortions and Gains in the Foreign Trade Activity During the Post-pandemic Era -- Chapter 6. Tax Burden During the Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Challenges -- Chapter 7. The (Post)pandemic Employment Model -- Chapter 8. The Impact of the Pandemic on the Participation in the Labour Market of Vulnerable Groups: Women, Young People, the Elderly, Self-employed Workers -- Chapter 9. Propensity for Migration of Healthcare Professionals: Push-pull Factors Analysis -- Chapter 10. Features of the Policies Adopted for the Mitigation of the Pandemic Recession Impact on the LabourMarket Operation -- Chapter 11. The Impact of Covid-19 on the Healthcare Labour Market in European Countries and Romania in Particular -- Chapter 12. Issues Regarding the Management of Hazardous Medical Waste During the Covid-19 Crisis in Romania -- Chapter 13. Conclusions – Looking Forward - Main Challenges and Limits. This volume examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market and the business environment in the European Union (EU), with a specific focus on Romania, the least developed country in the EU. The book emphasizes the need to rethink recovery models and suggests a new normal based on the pillars of economic, climatic, and social resilience. Is proposed the redefinition the policies’ mix that will allow fundamental changes in development, focused also on social and societal profit, the redefinition of productivity and environmental performance of businesses, and the rebalancing of work and leisure life. The COVID-19 crisis not only accelerated the digital transformation of society but also reconfigured the coordinates of economic development by prioritizing sustainable development for all, based on green jobs as a starting point for business innovation and decent jobs for active social protection. Following this approach, the contributions discuss selected issues with importance to the development of society in the post-pandemic world. The book is of interest to students, scholars and researchers in economics, business, management and political science, as well as to policy makers and practitioners, for a better understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market and the business environment in European Union. Economic development. 58075 Labor economics. International business enterprises. 58156 Economic history. 57506 Economic Development, Innovation and Growth. 69035 Labor Economics. International Business. 59109 Development Studies. 67851 Economy-wide Country Studies. 68080 Vasile, Valentina. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 57022 Bunduchi, Elena. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 72395 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031477799 Printed edition: 9783031477812 Printed edition: 9783031477829 Contributions to Economics, 2197-7178 70785 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47780-5 ZDB-2-ECF ZDB-2-SXEF 58096 58096