Normally, when finding topics for this blog, it is I who have to seek out and find the established or ongoing research that I want to promote. Occasionally, ongoing research finds me and asks for help in spreading the word, and most of the time I am more than happy to oblige. This time it is Peter Trkman and Kevin McCormack, whose research on supply chain turbulence was featured on this blog some 6 months ago. Together with Marcos Paulo Valadares de Oliveira they are currently researching how risk management practices can add value to the organization, what the modifying effects of turbulence are, and what risk management orientation companies subscribe to. For this they are conducting a survey, and asked for my help in increasing the number of respondents by advertising their survey on my blog.

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