Abstract |
This study aims to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the innovation index, Gross Domestic Product ( GDP), high technology exports, and human development (HDI) in the world's leading 30 high-tech innovative countries. Using grey relational analysis models, the association between COVID-19 and other economic development indices was investigated. The model selects the country least affected by the pandemic from the top 30 innovative countries through a conservative (maximin) method based on grey association values. Data was collected from World Bank databases and analyzed to compare pre- and post-COVID-19 periods (2019, 2020). The outcomes of this study provide essential recommendations for industries and decision-makers with suitable action plans to preserve economic systems from further harm caused by the global COVID-19 outbreak. The ultimate goal is to boost the innovation index, GDP, high-tech exports, and HDI of high-tech economies and pave the way for a sustainable economy. To the author's knowledge, this is the first study to develop a multidimensional framework to assess COVID-19's impact on the sustainable economy of top 30 high-tech innovative countries, and to conduct a comparative analysis to identify the strong and weak effects of COVID-19 on sustainable economic growth.
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Authors | Muhammad Ikram, Youssef Sayagh |
Journal | Global journal of flexible systems management
(Glob J Flex Syst Manag)
Vol. 24
Issue 2
Pg. 247-269
( 2023)
ISSN: 0974-0198 [Electronic] India |
PMID | 37101930
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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