Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework for extending an understanding of resilience in complex adaptive system (CAS) such as supply chains using the adaptive cycle framework. The adaptive cycle framework may help explain change and the long term dynamics and...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework on resilience types in supply chain networks. Design/methodology/approach: Using a complex adaptive systems perspective as an organizing framework, the paper explores three forms of resilience: engineering, ecological and...