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Trade compliance risks

This webinar – in German – takes a closer look at the risks and pitfalls involved in trading across borders, and in particular how non-compliance with trade and regulations can severely hamper supply chain operations.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Certain death: Not risky. Uncertain death: risky.
If you know for sure that things will go wrong, there really is no risk. If you don't know for sure [...]
Theory versus Practice
What happens when theory meets practice? Theory fails and practice wins? In academia, more often tha[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Political Risk
Egypt is in crisis. After Tunisia, now Egypt is rocked by a popular uprising, and the outcome of the[...]
Book Review: Customs Risk
International trade and global supply chains are filled with goods that are criss-crossing the globe[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Assess the vulnerability of your production system
So far I have reviewed "international" literature and web sites, and it is only fitting that now it [...]
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
Sustainability means less vulnerability?
Does sustainability improve a a company’s resilience towards supply chain vulnerabilities? Recently,[...]
The Grapevine - An evolving social media experiment
Thanks to my LinkedIn connection with Jeff Ashcroft of  the SupplyChainNetwork I was made aware of a[...]