# New, joint research from Professor Arun Sundararajan and PhD student Manav Raj underscoring the importance digital platforms have in ensuring business continuity and providing future resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic is highlighted

1 Faculty News July 8, 2020 ![Yahoo Finance logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/yahoofinance.jpg?itok=iQnyXkp_)>

Excerpt from [Yahoo Finance](https://de.finance.yahoo.com/news/research-nyu-stern-uber-eats-145500917.html) -- "'All of these factors point to the heightened importance of platforms like Uber Eats in the economy of the future,' said NYU Stern’s [Arun Sundararajan](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), the Harold Price Professor of Entrepreneurship, who co-authored the study with NYU Stern PhD student Manav Raj and Uber Technologies data scientist Calum You. 'COVID-19 is dramatically accelerating the transition to online commerce. Platform demand has been central to riding out the economic shock, especially for small businesses.'"

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