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Graphic Cards Supply Chain Problems During COVID-19
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Abstract
The pandemic had generated various impacts towards businesses due to its effects towards the supply chain. One of the most substantially impacted sector was the graphic card supply chain.As such, the main aim of this study would be to investigate the impact of the pandemic towards the supply chain of graphic cards and how to mitigate similar problems in the future. In this endeavor, the author would adopt a qualitative research approach, focusing on narrative analysis of various news articles and studies on the impact of pandemics on supply chains. The data for this study would be mostly obtained through internet searches, focusing on a combination of various news websites and empirical studies obtained from Google Scholar's database. Accordingly, the results of this study indicate that the problem in the graphic card supply chain was mainly caused by the mistaken predictions of the graphic card producers that caused them to reduce their inventories in the face of rising consumer demands, which is caused mainly by the inability of the producers to switch their suppliers due to the centralized and small nature of the producers in the industry.
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, graphic cards industry, supply chain, IT industry
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Business and Policy Studies
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-915371-67-6
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-915371-68-3
- Published Date
- 13 September 2023
- Series
- Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences
- ISSN (Print)
- 2754-1169
- ISSN (Online)
- 2754-1177
- DOI
- 10.54254/2754-1169/12/20230602
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- 13 September 2023
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