As interest in access to the latest insights on pandemic and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) grows, GC Capital Ideas is adding a new feature to provide more direct access. You can click on the "Pandemic" hotspot on the banner atop GC Capital Ideas homepage, or click on the link below. Click here to access the new GCCI Pandemic Tab >> Additionally, here are some of ... Continue Reading »
Pandemic
How to Put People First As the Coronavirus Outbreak Grows
The ongoing novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak has dominated headlines and captured public attention over the last several weeks. And with good reason: Thousands of cases and hundreds of deaths from the virus have been confirmed globally, according to the World Health Organization, which has declared the outbreak a public emergency of international concern. ... Continue Reading »
Coronavirus Is Rupturing Global Supply Chains
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China will harm the world’s gross domestic product growth since China accounts for 15.4% of global products and services produced. Approximately 500 manufacturing facilities are located in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, where quarantines are forcing plants to shut down or slow down. Many firms are issuing earnings warnings, and m ... Continue Reading »
The Impact of the Coronavirus on Business
Pandemics top national risk-management frameworks in many countries. For example, pandemic influenza tops the natural hazards matrix of the UK National Risk Register, and emerging infectious diseases are tagged as of considerable concern. Seen as a medical problem, each outbreak of a potentially dangerous infection prompts authorities to ask a rational set of questions and dust ... Continue Reading »
Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics: Preparedness and Response Strategies
Over the last century, tens of millions of lives have been claimed by pandemics, epidemics, and outbreaks that also have wreaked havoc on businesses and damaged national economies. Despite advances in medicine and improved infection control practices, the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak originating in Wuhan, China — which the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a ... Continue Reading »
The Novel Coronavirus May Damage Aviation More Than SARS
Since December, the novel coronavirus that began in the Chinese megacity of Wuhan has infected more than 24,000 people and killed almost 500. It is well on its way to becoming a pandemic — defined as an ongoing epidemic that has spread to two or more continents. The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency, and the United States has temporarily banned e ... Continue Reading »
