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Emerald's biggest concern was making sure staff were kept as safe as possible as well as helping publish and disseminate research relating to coronavirus and outbreaks in general, as freely, quickly and simply as possible, while continuing to work on standard publication outputs. Cases publisher Gabi Rundle explains the work Emerald are doing during this outbreak, particularly on the cases products.

Early this year the COVID-19 outbreak seemed too distant to worry. The Ukrainian Government imposed quarantine measures on March 12. The MIM-Kyiv decided to move online. It took only three days to restart the activities.

We are happy to welcome a new institutional member to CEEMAN community. Lodz University of Technology (TUL), established 75 years ago, is the only university of technology in the region and one of the best universities in Poland.

Poznań University of Economics and Business (PUEB) response to the threat has been based on three principles: the safety of students and employees as the priority, quick and decisive action, open and clear communication. Below, mainly the organization of the work has been described. Though, at present, the main focus is on dealing with current challenges, lessons for the future “after the coronavirus” should be drawn.

Estonian Business School (EBS), like other education institutions in Estonia, transferred to virtual studies in mid March due to COVID-19 outbreak. The article below highlights the main reasons for a successful transition to virtual studies at EBS.

In line with the state of emergency declared by the Latvian Government on March 12, 2020 all onsite activities in educational institutions have been suspended. On March 15, the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga) crisis plan was launched with the aim of protecting the wellbeing of students, faculty and staff, meanwhile ensuring the continuity and high quality of our activities in non-ideal circumstances. We are actively seeking ways to further improve online activities and provide the best learning experience to our students.

The spread of the coronavirus has made a significant difference in our lives and businesses over the past weeks. IEDC has been carefully monitoring the situation with the spread of COVID-19 and following the advice of the experts and the Slovenian Government to protect the health and wellbeing of its internal and external community, and to prevent the spread of the virus. Considering recent global developments and current measures, IEDC has decided to defer all face-to-face executive programs until start of June 2020. In the meantime all face-to-face programs are either delivered digitally or rescheduled to the next available date.

If the COVID-19 crisis has taught us anything, it is the importance of quick, decisive action to avert catastrophe. The University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), like many business schools, faces unprecedented change as learning methodologies, business environments and markets are turned on their head. Follow the School’s responses as it pivots to respond to this international pandemic.

Almaty Management University (AlmaU) experiences transformation following online studies and distance work as prevention measures against COVID-19. The new work format focuses on the well-being of the students and teaching and administrative staff, which is the top priority for AlmaU. The University continuously supports faculty members, students and staff via formal and semiformal sessions.

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic Poland has introduced epidemic state and partial lock-down there fore HEIs had to switch from almost entirely campus-based teaching to remote mode of teaching in a relatively short time. The University of Economics in Katowice decided to adopt a step-by-step strategy. It allowed both students and academic teachers to get accustomed to the new tools, platforms and methods of teaching/learning with less stress and resistance, which is typical for anyone facing change and stepping out of the comfort zone.