Low-cost countries. A dream for some and a nightmare for other others. What are typical supply chain risks in low-cost countries and how can they be managed? That is the topic of the PhD dissertation by Holger Köhler, now available as a book: Supply Chain Risiken im Low Cost Country Sourcing: Reduktion von Lieferrisiken in China und der Türkei. In the book, which is a more or less unabridged version of his dissertation, Holger Köhler not only presents a (new) system for the systematization of supply chain risks, he also develops a model for the factors that influence supplier risk and he exemplifies the cause and effect of supplier risks in China and in Turkey.

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