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Next time in China: Guanxi

Guanxi: Connections and relations are what matter most, while contracts, rules and laws are to likely to be overridden if they are in conflict with harmonious relations.

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Supply Chain Risk: Culture Shock

Is culture shock the reason why so many global and cross-culture business relationships fail? When it comes to Western buyers and Chinese suppliers this may very well be the case, and while issues related to product quality or supplier reliability may seem as the obvious cause externally, cultural differences may be the root cause internally.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Supply Chain Risk redefined?
What is supply chain risk really? That is what Iris Heckmann, Tina ComesĀ and Stefan Nickel try to an[...]
Accessibility Index - Transport Network Vulnerability
Taylor, M., Sekhar, S., & D'Este, G. (2006). Application of Accessibility Based Methods for Vulnerability Analysis of Strategic Road Networks Networks and Spatial Economics, 6 (3-4), 267-291
I had the pleasure of meeting M.A.P. Taylor at the 3rd International Symposium on Transport Network [...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Humanitarian Logistics
Summer break is over and time for a continuation of my blog posts. Humanitarian Logistics by Ronaldo[...]
Business Continuity in Global Supply Chains
Business Continuity is a crucial ingredient of supply chain management. At the same time, implementi[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Infrastructure - essential for competitiveness?
Regular readers of this blog may have noticed my regular rants about the state of the Norwegian infr[...]
Zycus and the Supply Risk Explosion
"Ten or fifteen years ago, you could not convince most procurement and supply-chain professionals to[...]
from HERE and THERE
NOFOMA - The Nordic Logistics Research Network
The Nordic Logistics Research Network (NOFOMA) is a network of Nordic researchers within the field o[...]
The ISCRiM Newsletter 1/2009
As a researcher within supply chain risk, I find the ISCRiM Newsletters a valuable source of informa[...]