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    • Clinician perceptions of the impact of ICU family visiting restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic an international investigation
    Authors: Joanne, McPeake; Nancy, Kentish-Barnes; Emilie, Banse;  Advisor: -;  Co-Author: - (2023)

    To guarantee the safety of the public, clinicians and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital visits were severely restricted internationally. There are limited data on the precise impact of these visiting restrictions on Intensive Care Unit clinicians. Our objectives therefore were to explore the impact of family visitation restrictions on clinicians and care delivery and describe innovation alongside areas for potential improvement.
    • COVID-19 and 5G conspiracy theories long term observation of a digital wildfire
    Authors: Johannes, Langguth; Petra, Filkuková; Stefan, Brenner;  Advisor: -;  Co-Author: - (2023)

    The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the lives of people worldwide, and consequently, it has dominated world news since March 2020. Thus, it is no surprise that it has also been the topic of a massive amount of misinformation, which was most likely amplified by the fact that many details about the virus were not known at the start of the pandemic. While a large amount of this misinformation was harmless, some narratives spread quickly and had a dramatic real-world effect. Such events are called digital wildfires. In this paper we study a specific digital wildfire: the idea that the COVID-19 outbreak is somehow connected to the introduction of 5G wireless technology, which caused real-world harm in April 2020 and beyond.
    • The COVID-19 pandemic and family business performance
    Authors: Ivan, Miroshnychenko; Giorgio, Vocalelli; Alfredo De, Massis;  Advisor: -;  Co-Author: - (2023)

    This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on corporate financial performance using a unique, cross-country, and longitudinal sample of 3350 listed firms worldwide. We find that the financial performance of family firms has been significantly higher than that of nonfamily firms during the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for pre-pandemic business conditions. This effect is pertinent to firms with strong family involvement in management or in both management and ownership. We also identify the role of firm-, industry-, and country-level contingencies for family business financial performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study offers a novel understanding of the financial resilience across different types of family business and sets an agenda for future research on the...