Digital Responses to Covid-19

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Christian Hovestadt, Jan Recker, Janek Richter, Karl Werder

   Pages 1-10

3. Information Systems in the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Infection Dashboards and Their State-Tracking Abilities

   • Fritz Hädrich

   Pages 11-35

4. Case Study: The Corona Contact Tracing App in Germany

   • Lorenz Kriehn

   Pages 37-54

5. KidExplore: A New Online Platform to Support Child Development During a Pandemic

   • Ivan Trilevic

   Pages 55-61

6. Digital Tools for Digital Natives: Learning in Times of a Global Pandemic

   • Simon Friedrich Murillo

   Pages 63-71

7. The Rise of TikTok: The Evolution of a Social Media Platform During COVID-19

   • Jana Feldkamp

   Pages 73-85

8. How Can Software Development Teams Be Controlled During the COVID-19 Pandemic

   • Zacharias Schrage

   Pages 87-103

9. How a New Venture Identified Digital Opportunities in the COVID-19 Crisis to Transform Their Business Model

   • Jana Teutenberg

   Pages 105-117

10. Development of an Application to Manage Hygiene Measures in the Grocery Retail Sector

    • Shanice Casado Gracia

    Pages 119-132

11. Developing a Concept for a Digital Restaurant System to Minimize Risk of Infection for Customers and Personnel

    • Sefa Basar

    Pages 133-143

12. Toward a New Wave of Digital Responses to COVID-19

    • Christian Hovestadt, Jan Recker, Janek Richter, Karl Werder

    Pages 145-156

This book presents ten essays that examine the potential of digital responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The essays explore new digital concepts for learning and teaching, provide an overview of organizational responses to the crisis through digital technologies, and examine digital solutions developed to manage the crisis. Scientists from many disciplines work together in the fight against the virus and its numerous consequences. This book explores how information systems researchers can contribute to these global efforts. The book will be of interest to researchers and scholars in the field of digital business and education.

• Covid-19
• Dashboards
• Digital Entrepreneurship
• Digital Innovation
• Digital Platforms
• Digital Teaching
• Digital Transformation
• Pandemic Management
• Small Businesses
• Social Media
• Software Development
• Tracing App

• University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

  Christian Hovestadt, Jan Recker, Janek Richter, Karl Werder

Christian Hovestadt is a doctoral student at the Cologne Institute for Information Systems at the University of Cologne, Germany. In his research, he focuses on artificial intelligence, business processes, and the sharing economy. Jan Recker is AIS fellow, Alexander-von-Humboldt fellow, chaired professor of Information Systems and Systems Development at the University of Cologne, Germany and adjunct professor at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. His research focuses on systems analysis and design, digital innovation and entrepreneurship, and digital solutions for sustainability challenges.
 
Janek Richter is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Cologne Institute for Information Systems at the University of Cologne, Germany. His research interests include IT-enabled organizational agility, organizational change in digital transformation, and enterprise architectures.
 
Karl Werder is apostdoctoral research fellow at the Cologne Institute for Information Systems at the University of Cologne, Germany. His research focuses on complex organizational processes, digital options, and data-driven decision making. 

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