Special Issue on the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Companies and Consumers 2020-21

Special Issue Editors

Dra. Patricia Cano Olivos
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Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Faculty of Industrial, Logistics, Manufacturing and Automotive, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico
Dra. Diana Sánchez Partida
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Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Faculty of Industrial, Logistics, Manufacturing and Automotive, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico
Dr. José Luis Martínez Flores
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Department of Mathematics, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico

Special Issue Information

The Special Issue on Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Companies and Consumers 2020–21 invites original research articles, review papers, and empirical studies examining the economic, managerial, technological, and societal consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on organizations, industries, markets, and consumer behavior. The issue focuses on how businesses, supply chains, financial systems, and consumers adapted to unprecedented disruptions caused by the global health crisis. Contributions related to economic resilience, digital transformation, e-commerce, logistics, sustainable business strategies, crisis management, financial modeling, consumer behavior analysis, policy responses, and organizational agility are particularly encouraged. The special issue aims to provide a multidisciplinary platform for researchers, economists, policymakers, and industry professionals to present analytical models, case studies, simulation approaches, and strategic frameworks that support sustainable recovery and resilient economic systems in post-pandemic environments.

Manuscript Submission Overview

Submission Process

Manuscripts should be submitted online through the ASTESJ submission system by registering and logging in to the system. Once registered, authors may submit manuscript until the special issue deadline. All submissions that pass the initial editorial and technical screening are sent for independent external peer review. Accepted papers are published online after acceptance and listed together on the special issue website.

Research articles, review articles, and technical notes are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract of about 250 words may be sent to the Editorial Office for an initial scope check.

  • You can download the Online Submission Guidelines for the step-wise submission process.
  • During Online submission, authors must select Special Issue Paper from the Track menu and then select SI on Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Companies and Consumers 2020–21 in Special Issue/Selection.
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Important Dates:

  • Paper Submission Deadline: closed (September 15, 2020)
  • Acceptance Notification: 4-6 weeks (after submission)
  • Publication Date: 2 weeks after acceptance

Submitted manuscripts must not have been published previously and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere, except where a related conference version is fully disclosed and properly extended. Authors should review the Instructions for Authors, Editorial Process, Publishing Ethics, Open Access Policy, and Publication Fee pages before submission.

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Submitted papers should be written in good English, use SI units where applicable, define abbreviations at first use, and provide enough technical detail for editorial screening and external peer review. Authors may use the ASTESJ template package when preparing revised or final files.

There is no submission fee. Article processing charges, discount options, waiver options, and any page charges are described on the Publication Fee page.

Benefits of Publishing in this Special Issue

  • Focused visibility: accepted papers are grouped under a clearly defined ASTESJ special issue theme.
  • Easy navigation: readers can access the special issue call, Special Issue Editors, topics, and published papers from one page.
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  • Continuous publication: accepted papers can be published online after acceptance and then listed together under the special issue page.

Special issue submissions follow the same editorial screening, independent peer review, publication ethics, and final decision standards as regular ASTESJ submissions. Guest Editor involvement does not guarantee acceptance and does not replace independent peer review or final editorial decision-making.

Published Papers (12 papers)

This special issue presents research contributions examining the economic and operational impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on companies, industries, and consumers. The published papers investigate supply chain resilience, logistics optimization, organizational agility, inventory management, digital transformation, renewable energy business ecosystems, financial market analysis, portfolio optimization, project management during lockdown conditions, and sustainable business strategies. Additional studies address consumer behavior changes, retail industry adaptation, agri-food supply chain sustainability, economic shocks, healthcare organizational resilience, home delivery systems, and crisis-response frameworks. The issue demonstrates how multidisciplinary research integrates economics, management, logistics, data analysis, and technology-driven approaches to understand pandemic-related disruptions and support resilient, adaptive, and sustainable recovery strategies for businesses and consumers.

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The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Commodities Prices on Booking.com Share Price

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page # 185–189, 2021; DOI: 10.25046/aj060221
Abstract:

This paper examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and selected commodity variables on Booking.com share price using the Markov-switching approach. Daily data spans from January 2017 through July 2020 are utilized in this study. Empirical evidence showed that COVID-19, international crude oil price, and gold price affected the Booking.com share price significantly. A positive…

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Ecosystem of Renewable Energy Enterprises for Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1, Page # 401–408, 2021; DOI: 0.25046/aj060146
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In the Global sphere, the social, environmental, and economic pillars are the main contributors and accelerators to the sustainable development goals. As a result, the latter creates a platform for interdisciplinary researchers, society and decision-makers to collaborate in formulating ways to minimize factors contributing to environmental concerns. Energy is currently referred to as one of…

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A Proposed Framework to Improve Containerization from Asia to North America

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1, Page # 479–486, 2021; DOI: 10.25046/aj060152
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The constant market change and the critical role of the logistics process in the supply chain need to have special attention because it is an essential piece for the global business strategy. This paper presents an assessment of the processes of handling material from Asia suppliers to North America. The data utilized for the analysis…

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Organizational Agility Assessment of a Moroccan Healthcare Organization in Times of COVID-19

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page # 567–576, 2020; DOI: 10.25046/aj050467
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Since its appearance, COVID-19 has severely impacted the healthcare sector all over the world. The healthcare organizations should be agile in order to cope with this new health crisis. Indeed, organization agility was highly recommended as an essential basis for flexibility, innovation, speed, as well competitiveness. Different research provided different conceptual models suitable to evaluate…

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Inventory Management Practices during COVID 19 Pandemic to Maintain Liquidity Increasing Customer Service level in an Industrial Products Company in Mexico

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 5, Issue 6, Page # 613–626, 2020; DOI: 10.25046/aj050675
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This work presents the development and improvement obtained by implementing inventory managing practices during the COVID 19 pandemic in a Mexican company, a leader in the industrial sector to overcome the effects on the Company’s economies due to constrained market to maintain liquidity and preserve employment by increasing customer service level ensuring the availability of…

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Open AccessArticle
10 Pages, 1,267 KB Download PDF

COVID-19 Crises: Global Economic Shocks vs Pakistan Economic Shocks

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page # 645–654, 2020; DOI: 10.25046/aj050477
Abstract:

This paper documents, information about the current outbreak of Corona virus and its multidimensional effects witnessed worldwide. The objective of the study is to disseminate information to policymakers, government and the general public, to facilitate the efforts for fighting against the contagious virus and aims to contribute to the economic and social welfare. Though the…

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An Empirical Comparison of Different Two-Factor Models in the Context of Portfolio Optimisation

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page # 717–726, 2020; DOI: 10.25046/aj050588
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The crisis linked to the COVID-19 and the uncertainty it generates in the unprecedented health, societal, economic and financial fields have had a strong impact on the stock markets. Indeed, in such a climate of very high uncertainty, it is to be expected that the excessive stock market price movements will continue, with both declines…

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Contingency Plan in the Supply Chain of Companies in the Retail Industry in the Face of the Impacts of COVID-19

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1, Page # 819–832, 2021; DOI: 10.25046/aj060191
Abstract:

The main issue that is being presented in 2020 is the impact that all organizations are having due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is not for less given the global collapse that is occurring in all aspects. Many organizations have been affected by this catastrophe and in the face of an unforeseen scenario, the…

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Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown: The Consequences Towards Project Success in Malaysian Construction Industry

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page # 973–983, 2020; DOI: 10.25046/aj0505119
Abstract:

The Covid-19 is a pandemic issue that is causing widespread global disruption forcing lockdowns in many countries including Malaysia as an effort in disconnecting the virus from spreading. As an initiative, the Malaysia government has call for the Movement Control Order (MCO) as one of the lockdown alternatives starting on 18th March 2020. Due to…

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Strategic Model to Assess the Sustainability and Competitiveness of Focal Agri-Food Smes and their Supply Chains: A Vision Beyond COVID 19

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page # 1214–1224, 2020; DOI: 10.25046/aj0505147
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There have been disruptions in local and global food supply chains around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has led to rethink various aspects and to consider various trends in the food sector, encourage a more rapid transition and evolution to the Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM), to counteract current problems and to…

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14 Pages, 1,100 KB Download PDF

Resilience Assessment of System Process Through Fuzzy Logic: Case of COVID-19 Context

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page # 1247–1260, 2020; DOI: 10.25046/aj0505150
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The present work is undertaken as part of research studies aiming to provide sociotechnical systems with a decision-making tool that supports them in assessing the resilience of their processes. The ultimate objective is to fix the identified imperfections in order to steadily gain strength and effectiveness to cope with new and existing threats and challenges.…

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Approach to a Logistic Model to Reduce Costs for Delivery at Home of a Seller of Supplies in Times of Coronavirus

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page # 1308–1314, 2020; DOI: 10.25046/aj0505157
Abstract:

Logistics is a science and art that has been widely used by large commercial chains, whose main objectives focus on the distribution of products or services. This understanding has generated various logistics studies directed towards those businesses, without considering that science can also be applied to small or medium enterprises. The present study initially executes…

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