Abstract :

In 2019, Covid outbreak affect business situation that leads to decline due to lockdown and economic fall. However, Covid-19 pandemic create opportunity for IT sector to grow. Reflect the situation, in 2020 to 2021, company X suffered loss in income as of minus 903,167,461 rupiahs. The company suffer 5.33% and 9.16% revenue decrease in 2021 and 2022, and target revenue was not achieved. This research is conducted to assess internal and external factors that affect company X profitability and formulate strategy based on the problem occurred. This research is using qualitative approach with data collected through literature review, observation, and in-depth interviews with company X.

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Keywords :

Business Strategy, IT Sector, Marketing Strategy

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