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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
Disruptions in supply networks
Supply chain disturbances and supply chain disruptions. Not the same and very different from each ot[...]
Biting the hand that feeds. All firms are snakes.
'All firms are snakes'. So says Paul D. Cousins in A conceptual model for managing long-term inter-o[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Supply Chain Nirvana
Is there something like a Supply Chain Nirvana, where it all comes together and where a firm's suppl[...]
Book Review: Heads in the sand
Finally, after 5 days of volcanic ash cloud posting, I can return to my regular topics of supply cha[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Are roads more important than computers?
Critical Infrastructure. Which is more important - or 'critical' - road networks or computers? What [...]
Calculating the Value-at-Risk
Some of you may remember that I posted about the SCOR Framework for Supply Chain Risk Management ear[...]
from HERE and THERE
Call for papers – MITIP 2009
The factory of the future is calling for a shift in strategic vision.  Already, many operations are [...]
Extreme Weather Hazards and Transportation Vulnerability
Weather Extremes: Assessment of Impacts on Transport Systems and Hazards for European Regions. That [...]