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The Impact of the COVID-19 on Business Companies: Measures and Strategies to Overcome the Crisis
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Abstract
COVID-19 has led to the need to work remotely and to the need for many companies to reinvent themselves in order to survive. The aim of this paper is to review the changes that have taken place in companies as a consequence of the coronavirus. Telework has great positive aspects for employee health, but to successfully ensure business continuity and successful management. It also presents data showing the evolution of telework during the pandemic and discusses some possible solutions to change the way businesses are managed.
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company, teleworking, business strategies, Europe, COVID-19
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Cifuentes-Faura,J. (2023). The Impact of the COVID-19 on Business Companies: Measures and Strategies to Overcome the Crisis. Journal of Applied Economics and Policy Studies,1,12-20.
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