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Books in Business Continuity Management and Planning

Supply Chain Continuity

As far as I can see, this is the first book that explains in detail why and how business continuity thinking should be part of supply chain management. It successfully marries Business Continuity Management with Supply Chain Management, thus creating Supply Chain Continuity Management.

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Risk Management Simplified

Risk management. Why make it difficult when you can make it easy? This is a handbook and a self-assessment tool that leaves practically no risk uncovered. It’s practical, to the point, not academic at all, and easy to work with. It is perhaps the most hands-on tool around.

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Book Review: HBR on Crisis Management

The closure of SAAB is a major crisis by all standards, and is a fitting reminder that this 10-year old book will never go put of date. Why and how do some companies survive, and some not? This book sheds some light on this. Close calls and near misses are not unusual in the business world, but how do companies deal with them?

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Book Review: Managing Risk and Resilience in the Supply Chain

This book is clear and concise, to the point, and constantly switching between risk management in general, supply chain risk, and business continuity, always seeing the whole picture

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The Handbook of Business Continuity Management

Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) has many similarities with Business Continuity Management (BCM), which is why SCRM can and should draw upon BCM for advice. One of many good references for further reading on this subject is the The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
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BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
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REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
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from HERE and THERE
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