Community Supplies via Local Online Markets in Times of The Corona Pandamic

Abstract

The Corona pandemic requires not only good crisis management but also the guarantee that people have local supplies in their communities. This raises the question of what role local supplies via local online markets (LOM) can play in a crisis such as the Corona pandemic. This will be investigated on the basis of two research questions:

Q1: "What additional value can LOMs provide in the crisis management of a pandemic?"

Q2: "How have local online markets developed during the Corona pandemic?"

In addition to seven municipalities in Baden-Württemberg (BW), where an LOM had been set up, another five municipalities from other federal states that already operated online markets were surveyed as benchmarks.

The article replies to the research questions and derives recommendations from the results for a reasonable use of LOMs for local supplies in times of crises.