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Research | Zou Wenli: Digital Resilience to Covid-19: Evidence from the Medical Aesthetics Industry

Release time:10 March 2025

The COVID-19 has swept the world, causing unprecedentedly great socio-economic impacts. During the crisis, consumers have greatly changed their consumption behaviors, gradually shifting towards essential consumption. Non-essential businesses have suffered a heavy blow and faced unprecedented difficulties in their operations. In the face of severe challenges brought by the pandemic, how should non-essential businesses proactively seek changes in response to the crisis and enhance their organizational resilience?

Professor Zou Wenli (Lili) from the School of Management and Economics (SME), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen), conducted a study with Mengxin Li, a PhD student, and Professor Cheng Yi, both from Tsinghua University, as well as Professor Jiannan (Harry) Wang from the University of Delaware. Their collaborative research paper named Digital Resilience to Covid-19: Evidence from the Medical Aesthetics Industry, with Professor Zou as first author, was accepted by Production and Operations Management, a well-known international journal of operations management.

About the author

Zou Wenli

Assistant Professor

SME, CUHK-Shenzhen

Research Field

Consumer-based strategy, crowding management, and AI-user interaction

Co-authors

Mengxin LI

Tsinghua University

Cheng YI

Tsinghua University

Jiannan (Harry) WANG

University of Delaware