Development of World Trade in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jakub Horák is the Deputy Director for Research, Development and Creative Activities of the School of Expertness and Valuation of the Institute of Technology and Business in Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic. He is a member of the VSTE Academic Senate, and also a member of a number of scientific and organizational committees of professional journals and conferences and a member of the review team of many scientific journals. His research focuses on the methodology of professional work, business finance, business economics, and financial and capital markets, and, most recently, circular economy. Jakub Horák is the main investigator, and also the co-investigator of a number of external and internal scientific and pedagogical projects. He is also the author of many publications, dozens of which are listed in journals with a high impact factor indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. Further, he is the editor and co-author of several books.

Veronika Machová is the Director of the School of Expertness and Valuation of the Institute of Technology and Business in Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic. She is a reviewer of the Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education, a reviewer of European Council for Business Education and a member of Academic Council of School of Expertness and Valuation. Her research focuses on business finance, business economics, business valuation, financial assets and investments valuation. Veronika Machová is the main investigator, and also the co-investigator of a number of external and internal scientific and pedagogical projects. She is the author of numerous publications, dozens of which are listed in journals with a high impact factor indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases.

Valentina Vycheslavovna Mantulenko is a Professor at the Department of Applied Management, Samara State University of Economics, Samara, Russia. Her research focuses on digital economy, professional and higher education, Eurasian perspectives, development of small and medium-sized businesses or innovation-oriented economy. Valentina Vycheslavovna Mantulenko is the main investigator, and also the co-investigator of a number of external and internal scientific and pedagogical projects. She is the author of various publications, many of which are listed in journals indexed in the renowned world databases Web of Science and Scopus. Further, she is the editor and co-author of several book publications, which were primarily published in the Springer series Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems.

Tomás Krulický is the Head of the Expertise Department of the School of Expertness and Valuation at the University of Institute of Technology and Business in Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic. His research deals with the issue of company valuation, valuation of intangible assets, investment decision-making and company finances. Tomás Krulický is the main investigator, and also the co-investigator of a number of external and internal scientific and pedagogical projects, including several projects managed by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic. He is also the author of numerous publications, many of which are listed in journals with a high impact factor indexed in the renowned world databases Web of Science and Scopus.