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Australian, Malaysian And Indonesian Accounting Academics' Teaching Experiences During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta, Terri Trireksani, Tricia Ong, Saiyidi Mat Roni, Soheil Kazemian, Junru Zhang, Abd Halim Mohd Noor, Shafinar Ismail, Mohamad Azmi Nias Ahmad, Zubir Azhar, Amirul Shah Md Shahbudin, Agus Fredy Maradona, Heri Yanto, Indah Fajarini Sri Wahyuningrum

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

This study analyses and presents accounting academics' experiences in six universities in Australia, Malaysia, and Indonesia to adapt to the swift change to the remote virtual classroom delivery model forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, while also gaining valuable lessons from this unique situation. In this study, autoethnography's basic principles were used. The main results suggest that the universities' combined current information and communication technologies, learning management systems, blended learning experiences, training, and supports, although not without hitches, were able to accommodate the shift to a remote virtual classroom model quite effectively. However, the move to fully online assessment has been …

A Study Of The Socio-Economic Implications Of The Covid-19 Pandemic, Shouvik Lahiri, Manish Sinha

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns of an imminent economic crisis, feared to be much worse than the Great Depression. Although the pandemic is global, its impact is deeply local. This paper aims to determine the socio-economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly on the various organisations and on the consumption patterns of individuals. On the social front, there will be a look into how social distancing, panic buying and other preventive measures necessitated by this pandemic have altered the behavioural pattern of individuals in their interactions with other economic agents.

Design/Methodology/Approach: The methodology adopted is a qualitative one, …

Covid-19 Impact On The Sharing Economy Post-Pandemic, Paul P. Vinod, Dipasha Sharma

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

In December 2019, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) was identified and within a month its outbreak was seen across the world, with more than 180 countries being affected. This outbreak resulted in lockdowns and some major precautionary steps to contain the pandemic in various countries. To analyse its effect on the sharing economy model, we will study the two major companies in ride-sharing business and hospitality business – Airbnb and Uber. The approach is to have a comparative study on how the shared economy services helped in the internet community, and its prospects post-pandemic. The study will use the discussions and …

The Impact Of Covid-19 On Stock Returns Of The Indian Healthcare And Pharmaceutical Sector, Shivam Mittal, Dipasha Sharma

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Increasing COVID-19 cases has not only impacted health and day-to-day lives of people, but it has also had a material effect on India’s economic growth. Stock returns of various sectors are evidence of a country’s stagnated growth but the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector might be affected in a different manner. The purpose of this paper is to find out how has this pandemic has impacted the healthcare and pharma stocks. Daily closing prices of sector specific indexes for 233 days ranging from 15 May 2019 to 24 April 2020 have been taken to compare different sectors with our test sector, …