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Strategic Alliances: Trust Control Risk

Risk perception and risk management are important subjects in management and strategy studies. Alliances are inherently a risky strategy, since the failure rate of alliances is higher than that of a single firm.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Structural embeddedness and the extended supply chain
The other day, while reviewing a chapter for inclusion (or not) in the upcoming book Managing Risk i[...]
Supply Chain Risk redefined?
What is supply chain risk really? That is what Iris Heckmann, Tina ComesĀ and Stefan Nickel try to an[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Supply Chain Continuity
Many business owners will have come across the term business continuity, and many supply chain owner[...]
Appetite versus Attitude
Finally, and long overdue, another review in the Gower Short Guide to Business Risk book series. Thi[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
The supply chain of the future
A recent report by IBM, referenced by Supply Chain Digest in IBM Lays Out its Vision for the Supply [...]
Global Risks 2008 - A prediction come true
In my post on Hyper-optimization and supply chain vulnerability: an invisible global risk? I highlig[...]
from HERE and THERE
TRB 2009 - are you going there, too?
Are you presenting at the TRB 2009, the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting? Personally I c[...]
Bad locations = bad logistics?
How are companies located in sparse transport networks affected by supply chain disruptions? This ar[...]