ABSTRACT
As the epidemic situation became more widespread in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic impact on a wide variety of industries began to grow steadily. One sector particularly affected by this issue is the automotive indus-try, which relies on a smooth supply chain largely because of the large number of electrical and mechanical components. One of these components are so-called semiconductors. The following article presents an analysis of the semiconductor shortage in the automotive industry in the context of risk and crisis management and derives recommendations for action. In addition to outlining the causes, the article focuses primarily on the question of how solution strategies for preventing a global semiconductor shortage could look in the future. The central question for this consideration is: could the current situation have been prevented by more effective risk and crisis management?. © 2022 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston, Germany.