Multinationale Firmen stehen zunehmend unter Druck, ihre Geschäfte nach ethischen Grundsätzen zu führen und den Wohlstand in den rohstoffproduzierenden Ländern zu fördern. Viele Unternehmen reagieren darauf, indem sie über ihre sozialen Auswirkungen berichten, wobei einigen von ihnen der...

Experiences arising from recent geo-political tensions, natural disasters such as the 2011 Japanese Tōhoku Earthquake, the Covid-19 Pandemic and the 2022 Russo – Ukrainian war have all illustrated the fragility of the global supply chains to exogenous shocks. Shocks always occur, but the...

We analyse the link between supply chains and the extent to which the Great Recession has affected national economies. Our analysis is in two steps, namely first for value added measures of supply chains and then for the Grubel-Lloyd index using gross-export data. Regarding value added measures...

When a supplier experiences a disruption, it learns how to better prevent and recover from future disruptions. As suppliers learn to become more resilient, the overall supply network also learns to become more resilient. This research draws on the organizational learning literature to introduce...

Manufacturing and service industries across the world are discovering the vulnerabilities in their supply chain network design and strategic and operations policies during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Both industries are struggling to manage unforeseen fluctuation in both demand and supply....