Executives are navigating new technologies, new competitors, fallout from the trade war and a scramble for talent with low unemployment.
Misinformation has been spreading online, in some places seemingly faster than the disease itself.
The coronavirus outbreak’s impact has already shown up in various parts of the economy.
As factories in China idle, American companies scramble to find alternate suppliers.
China is officially back at work but most enterprises not essential to containing the new coronavirus aren’t up and running just yet.
“You don’t want to negligently or knowingly expose your workforce to a novel infection like a coronavirus,” Lawrence Gostin of Georgetown University told Marketplace’s
The company remains heavily dependent on Foxconn’s factories in China for iPhones, iPads and Macs.
The head of OMG Accessories anticipates that the coronavirus will set back the production of her company’s products by at least two months.
The virus’ economic toll may interfere with China’s ability to make promised purchases.
A sizable portion of air freight is carried in the bellies of passenger planes.
