It is practically impossible to write a paper on supply chain risk without citing Risk in supply networks by Christine Harland, Richard Brenchley & Helen Walker (2003). Why? Because it delivers a holistic take on risk, risk management and supply chains, and an excellent discourse on types of risk, sources of risks and descriptions of risk. Particularly, it relates risk to loss and consequences, and looks at how the increasing trend of product/service complexity, e-business, outsourcing, and globalization affects risks in supply networks.

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