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A Wake-Up Call for Globalized Supply Chains

Due to the ever increasingly global supply chains, the impact of the disruption caused by the coronavirus contagion is felt worldwide. Industrial industries are particularly affected. Now is the time to rethink the complex interdependencies in our supply chains. In the MIT Sloan Management Review, Professor Willy Shih of the Harvard Business School covers the rationale for global supply chains, and offers managers a number of actions to reassess supply chain risk.

Industry Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic

The current COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting business and consumer behavior in an unprecedented way. The full consequences of the spread of the coronavirus are still unclear – but we can see that many business sectors are severely impacted by the illness. Many industries face rapid change. Analyists at Business Insider Intelligence and eMarketer have formulated a top three of impact expectations.