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Identify a theory to ground and guide a future study: Looking at COVID-19 and its impact on business.
Discuss why you believe the articles address your theory.
Discuss how the theory is used in each article.
Discuss what role the theory played in the study.
Articulate the role of theory in the type of study under consideration to be conducted.
If applicable, discuss the differences in how you would apply theory in quantitative and qualitative studies.
Discuss how the articles identified gaps in theory or practice.

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The response provides a summary of the research articles that explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses and their adoption of internet technology. It highlights the significant changes and advancements in digital technology that businesses had to implement to adapt to the pandemic and continue operating. The articles also examine the disparate impact on businesses led by women and the challenges they faced in accessing government support and incorporating digital platforms.

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Identify a potential theory to ground and guide a future study. Discuss why you believe the articles address your theory. Discuss how the theory is used in each article. Discuss what role the theory played in the study.

The theoretical basis of the summary is predicated upon the necessity of businesses to adapt and adopt new forms of Internet Technology throughout the pandemic that will permanently become fixtures of all businesses post-Covid 19. This summary will highlight this significant event that emanated from the Covid 19 pandemic while also elucidating upon the disparate impact that the Covid 19 pandemic had on businesses led by women throughout the world. In reference to technological advances as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic, there were substantial advances as a result of the pandemic in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and other IT areas that helped to ensure that businesses could continue to provide consumers with services throughout the first true Global Pandemic in modern times wherein technology could help ease the significant damages to businesses as a result of global lockdowns.

The scholarly journal articles provided insight into the measures taken by companies in every business sector as no society or business in the world was not impacted by the Covid 19 pandemic. Therefore, businesses had to ensure that they reconfigured their business operations to ensure that they could continue to allocate resources, provide services, and prevent their employees from becoming infected with the Covid 19 virus. All of these steps had to be done simultaneously during the onslaught of one of the most deadliest health events to ever occur in human history. Collaboration between governments and businesses were paramount throughout the height of the pandemic as governments around the world had to protect the public while also ensuring that their economies didn't implode, which would have caused even further damage to societies around the world, and this is especially true in a globalized world.

The adoption of digital technology was instrumental for businesses throughout the pandemic and this new digitized business platform is here to stay for many companies who incorporated new IT infrastructure into their operating systems both offline and online. Prior to the pandemic, the majority of businesses were still grappling with the exorbitant costs associated with adopting online technology, and ...

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