Sony PlayStation 5 Facing the Global Chip Shortage

Jordan De Bono

Chapter 14 in Overcoming Crisis:Case Studies of Asian Multinational Corporations, 2023, pp 205-220 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The Global Chip Shortage is an ongoing phenomenon that began in mid-2020, bolstered by a snowball effect of the severe economic consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns, together with a variety of other prominent issues, such as the U.S.–China trade war and the severe drought of Taiwan in 2021. Electronic chips and, more specifically, semiconductor chips are essential components found in most electronic consumer devices today. Their shortage has unnaturally constrained supply chains worldwide, with effects rippling throughout 169 different industries (Howley, 2021) and thousands of companies. As a result of this bottleneck in the supply chain, many businesses are not meeting their demand and are therefore losing revenue and creating customer frustration…

Keywords: Globalization; Asian Business/Management; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Crisis; Marketing; Decision Sciences; Gaming; Automotive; K-Pop; Aviation Industry; Restaurant and Hospitality Management; Keiretsu; Chinese Management; Korean Management; General Business; Management; International Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 L26 M1 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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