Creating Economic Stability Amid Global Uncertainty Post-Pandemic Recovery in Mexico’s Emerging Economy

COVID-19 impacted economic activity in a way that hurt households, businesses, industries, and governments. What followed immediately was a period of high uncertainty, and what’s to come is still unknown. Economists have a lot to learn from this point in history, as different countries have handled this very differently from others. This book journeys through what one emerging economy has done to attempt recovery following immense disruption: Mexico's recovery following the pandemic. 

This volume offers empirical studies that trace the post-pandemic recovery period in Mexico, providing insight into what this emergent economy went through and did after 2021. The first part of the book examines macroeconomics, such as tax collection, and microeconomics, such as household income. These chapters draw on policy and the actions driving the economic recover in this emergent economy. The second half of the book focuses on what organizations can do to improve internal governance as well as market success.

Full of new conceptual and empirical studies, the book explains what it looks like to rebuild an emerging economy. It will appeal to economists, economic scholars, and policymakers trying to make sense of the best ways to move forward following intense period of economic instability.

Chapter 1 - Looking back at 2022: A recovery or a protracted crisis? Enrique Murillo and Salvador Rivas-Aceves.- Chapter 2 - The Effects of Flexible Workspace on Organizational Structure and Inequality. An Equilibrium Analysis Paolo Riccardo Morganti and Gabriela García-Cano.- Chapter 3 - Harnessing Middle Management Innovation for Business Recovery J Lee Brown III and José Luis Rivas.- Chapter 4 - Co-creating value through people-centered leadership: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis Santiago García-Álvarez and Andrée Marie López-Fernández.- Chapter 5 - COVID-19: An Opportunity to Explore Hybrid Work Yvette Mucharraz y Cano, Diana Dávila-Ruiz, Ricardo Murcio and Karla Cuilty-Esquivel.- Chapter 6 - VAT Elasticities on Imports as a Lever to Forecast Collection: Mexico 2010-2021 Javier Moreno Espinosa, Leovardo Mata Mata and Jaime Humberto Beltrán-Godoy.- Chapter 7 - Employment, gender gap, and the Mexican industry: the effect of COVID-19 on the dynamic structure and recovery in the labor market Jorge O. Moreno, Cecilia Y. Cuellar and Maria E. Ramos.- Chapter 8 - Access to microfinance for social mobility in Mexico Lorena DelaTorre-Díaz.- Chapter 9 - Leveraging Strategic Planning to Navigate Volatile Environments Enrique Murillo and Connie Atristain-Suárez.- Chapter 10 - Knowledge management and innovation in the furniture industry in Mexico Víctor Manuel Castillo-Girón, Suhey Ayala-Ramírez, Antonieta Martínez-Velasco and  Antonia Terán-Bustamante.

Enrique Murillo is Professor of Marketing at Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers. Murillo has a PhD in Management from the University of Bradford (UK) and a postdoc in Organizational Behavior from Tulane University. His work has appeared in the Journal of Product & Brand Management, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Journal of Service Management, Review of Business Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management and the Journal of Business Research.

Paolo Riccardo Morganti is Professor of Economics in the School of Economics and Business Administration at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City, Mexico. Morganti's research is focused on industrial organization and microeconomic theory. His work has appeared in Quantitative Economics, Journal of Economics, Análisis Económico, and Revista Mexicanade Economía y Finanzas. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the New York University (USA).

Javier Moreno-Espinosa is a research professor for the School of Economics and Business Administration at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City, Mexico. He has a Ph.D. in Strategic Management and Development Policies from Anahuac University and is a member of the National System of Researchers in Mexico. His work spans economic theory, public finance, artificial intelligence, and applied text mining.