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A reflection on explanatory factors for <scp>COVID</scp>-19: A comparative study between countries

Santos, Eulália , Oliveira, Margarida , Ratten, Vanessa , Tavares, Fernando Oliveira , Tavares, Vasco Capela

ISLA — Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia

Thunderbird International Business Review, Volume 63, Issue 3, 25 12 2020, pp. 285–301

AbstractThe COVID‐19 pandemic is the biggest problem facing the world nowadays. Each country in the world has its own characteristics, which means that its governments, at different rhythms, adopt identical measures to combat this new virus. This article aims to perform a comparative study between countries with a population similar to the Portuguese in number of inhabitants and to find out which factors may explain the numbers registered with the COVID‐19 pandemic. The results show that the countries that carried out more population tests have higher values in tourism, security, innovation, competitiveness, and GDP per capita indicators. There is a significant and positive relationship between temperature and the daily cases of COVID‐19 infections. The results found contribute to a greater knowledge of the behavior of this disease according to the characteristics of each country, making it useful for international business managers to compare and contrast different country environmental conditions in order to define alternative strategies to overcome this great period of disturbance more quickly.

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#COVID-19 pandemic #country-level determinants #Tourism #Security #Innovation #Competitiveness #GDP per capita #international business strategy #cross-national comparison #Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) #Pandemic #Per capita #Population #Order (exchange) #Portuguese

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Publication Type Journal article

Publication Year 2020

Journal / Conference / Work Thunderbird International Business Review

ISSN 1096-4762

Volume / Issue Vol. 63 (3)

Pagination pp. 285–301

Quartile (SCImago) Q1

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