Protecting your business in a pandemic : plans, tools, and advice for maintaining business continuity / Geary W. Sikich ; foreword by Charles P. Carey.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-217) and index.

A call to action: the danger of H5N1 -- The first wave : pandemic surprise -- The pandemic settles in -- Global reaction to a pandemic -- The danger of reassortment -- After the shock : potential risks for the global economy -- Paradigm shifts : socioeconomic and market ramifications -- Tick, tick, tick : geopolitical impacts of a pandemic.

"A pandemic is an epidemic that covers a huge swath of the country or even the world. And it's just as scary as it sounds. For example, it's estimated that up to a third of the U.S. population could fall ill in an Avian flu pandemic, costing the U.S. economy alone up to $675 billion. Worse, pandemics shatter lives and businesses and tend to rock society to its foundations. But humanity has been through pandemics before. As disaster-management and business-continuity expert Geary Sikich shows in this book, there are ways to make the best of a bad situation. These methods improve the chance that businesses will remain resilient, and people healthy, employed, and productive - even in the darkest days of an international disaster. Protecting Your Business in a Pandemic helps managers and owners understand the threat pandemics pose to society, the overall economy, and their businesses."--BOOK JACKET.