Update 14 – Coronavirus: useful guides for business

The prospect of a second, or even a third, wave of the current Coronoavirus pandemic cannot be discounted. History tells us that we should be alert to a danger which would have a greater or lesser impact and affect a different age group.

The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to herald a major revision of supply-chain operations both in diversification and redundancy while, at the same time, accelerate the move to greater digitisation and automation in a new industrial revolution.

​​​​​​​A recent paper for a US bank asks how major pandemics affect economic activity in the medium to longer term. It contains some interesting messages and lessons.