This book explores how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted businesses of all types around the world. It investigates and consolidates the relationships that businesses have with their key stakeholders in order to shed light on the complexity of the challenges and corresponding solutions. The authors identify 12 key stakeholders and, utilizing the stakeholder theory, argue for a Dodecahedron shaped stakeholder model being prevalent wherein each stakeholder group has equal stake in importance and a need for all to cooperate in their relationships.

Vijay Pereira (PhD, United Kingdom) is Full Professor of International and Strategic Human Capital Management and Chair/Head of the Department in the People and Organizations faculty at NEOMA Business School, France. He is also an adjunct Full Professor at the University of South Pacific (USP), Fiji. Professor Pereira has unique experience in industry, consulting and academia. He has a track record of attracting funding and has published widely, in over 150 outlets, including in leading international journals. Professor Pereira has guest edited close to 20 special issues in top tier journals and has published 12 books. Professor Pereira is the elected Vice President of the Academy of International Business (Middle East and North Africa) and the Secretary of the Indian Academy of Management  (an affiliate of the Academy of Management, US).

Daicy Vaz is a Master's student pursuing her MSc in Global Management at NEOMA Business School, France. She is also a Research Assistant to Prof Vijay Pereira in the Department of People and Organizations at NEOMA Business School. Previously she worked as a Research Assistant at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2019-2020) and has also served as an Assistant Manager at JSW Steel Ltd, Mubai, India (2013 to 2019) in the field of electrical and instrumentation maintenance and automation. Her ongoing research is in developing artificial intelligence in a business and management context.