COVID-19’s Impact on the Computer Industry during the Pandemic

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.344How to use a DOI?

Keywords

COVID-19; Economy; Electronics; DCF

Abstract

Covid-19 was first discovered on December 12, 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Providence, China according to the CDC. It has, more or less, dramatically affected our society as a unity, and also individual daily lives. This paper analyzes the impact of the pandemic on the industry of electronics, specifically the computer industry. Four leading enterprises are analyzed in the industry, Lenovo, Apple, HP and Dell, to help understand the overall impact of the pandemic on the entire industry. This paper uses 2021 10-K forms to analyze their sales growth, financial performances, turnover rate and many other matrices to highlight that the pandemic is causing enterprises vulnerability but also an opportunity. This paper may offer some personal insights about COVID-19 on the perspective of computer and electronics industry: accelerator or reducer.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Baimin Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/29
TI  - COVID-19’s Impact on the Computer Industry during the Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 2051
EP  - 2056
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.344
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.344
ID  - Wang2022
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