'business disruption' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to describe a situation in which a business' operations or activities are stopped or hindered. For example, "The company had to shut down due to business disruption caused by the pandemic."
To learn more about business disruption and what companies can do to prevent being disrupted by exploring new business model innovation, Ray Wang, bestselling digital business author and CEO of Constellation Research, and I invited Saul Kaplan, a business model innovation expert to our weekly show DisrupTV.
The business disruption in the media world caused by the Internet has been well documented.
Merrill Lynch cut its earnings and revenue estimates for I.B.M. because of the business disruption and economic difficulties caused by the attacks.
"The business disruption and the hit to consumer confidence overshadow everything else," said John Gantz, director of research for the International Data Corporation.
The University of California at Berkeley estimates that power outages cost the US economy $80bn a year through business disruption with manufacturers stopping their lines and restaurants closing.
Fred P. Hochberg, a former acting administrator of the federal Small Business Administration, said that some businesses did not have business disruption insurance, but "many didn't know it exists".
Other tenants said they had so far avoided major business disruptions by having employees work from home.
The scramble for teleconferencing alternatives last week was "a confirmation that travel disruptions don't have to mean business disruptions," said Bob Kirk, the chief executive of Avistar Communications, which supplies videoconferencing software for desktops and laptops.
THE massive business disruptions caused by the attack on the World Trade Center have produced a surge of interest in backup power systems and redundant data centers, and may increase the appeal of suburban buildings that had been equipped or envisioned as telecommunications hubs before the "telco hotel" business grew bleaker.
Problem: The power & electric outages cause business disruptions that result in economic impacts to cities.
Crisis-management plans may need to be developed to minimize business disruptions in the event of an attack.
