Português
Ciência-IUL
Publications
Publication Detailed Description
Covid-19, economy and the ‘drop of honey effect’ metaphor – a note on the Portuguese case. Situation and measures
Journal Title
International Journal of Business and Systems Research
Year (definitive publication)
2021
Language
English
Country
Switzerland
More Information
Web of Science®
This publication is not indexed in Web of Science®
Scopus
Google Scholar
This publication is not indexed in Google Scholar
Abstract
Covid-19 appeared in Wuhan (China), by December, 2019 and rapidly spread to the rest of the world. Many countries adopted measures against its spread to protect people and national health care services. However, at the moment more than 2.5 million people got infected and more than 175 thousand died in the 213 countries, areas and territories reached by the disease (official records at April 23, 2020). Countries began to adopt also measures to protect the economy and to prepare the economic recovery, once the effects are tremendous worldwide. In Portugal, measures allowed a flattered curve for Covid-19 spread. In this paper we use an analogy to the “drop of honey effect” to show how this curve develops. The “drop of honey effect” is studied in terms of chaos theory and dynamic systems and is used as a framework to the way systems change in social phenomena.
Acknowledgements
--
Keywords
Covid-19,SARS-CoV-2,Virus,Coronavirus,POrtugal,Economy,Measures,'Drop of honey effect',Chaos theory,Systems
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Mathematics - Natural Sciences
- Economics and Business - Social Sciences
Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
With the objective to increase the research activity directed towards the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the possibility of associating scientific publications with the Sustainable Development Goals is now available in Ciência-IUL. These are the Sustainable Development Goals identified by the author(s) for this publication. For more detailed information on the Sustainable Development Goals, click here.
