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Supply Chain Risk, Security, and Sustainability
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Supply Chain Risk, Security, and Sustainability

A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability and Finance".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 16207

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Prof. Dr. Pius Egbelu

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Martin Tuchman School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
Interests: supply chain management; warehousing; manufacturing systems analysis; facilities planning and design; scheduling; material handling; transportation; shop floor control
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Dear Colleagues,

A supply chain network is an integrated system of resources that collaborate to facilitate the production and distribution of products and services. It covers all activities in the network, ranging from raw material suppliers through product design, production, and ultimately to consumers. The resources involved that enable the processes may belong to one organization or multiple collaborating organizations. The role of supply chain management is to actively manage all of the resources involved in order to ensure the efficient flow of products and services and to maximize the system performance. Decision-makers at all stages of a network need to be equipped with knowledge and decision tools to enable effective and efficient management. 

In this Special Issue, we are seeking papers that generate new knowledge, advance the understanding of supply chains, and enhance supply chain modeling and decision-making processes within the context of the scope of this issue of JRFM. Of particular interest is research that presents analytical models that reflect the various topics identified, concept papers, and case studies that describe innovative applications. The topics itemized should be seen as merely illustrative rather than exhaustive. The journal is open to receiving papers that address topics related to the focus of this Issue.

Prof. Dr. Pius Egbelu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Supply chain risk
  • Financial risk
  • Risk mitigation
  • Supply chain disruption
  • Supply chain security
  • Supply chain sustainability
  • Supply chain innovation
  • Supply chain visibility
  • Big data analytics
  • Optimization
  • Technology
  • Greenhouse effect

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Hidden Supply Chain Risk and Incoterms®: Analysis and Mitigation Strategies
by Jonathan Davis and John Vogt
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2021, 14(12), 619; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm14120619 - 20 Dec 2021
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Among the many sources of financial and operational risk in supply chains are the Incoterms®, which are terms of trade used to decide who does what in a cargo movement, when risk passes from seller to buyer and who pays for [...] Read more.
Among the many sources of financial and operational risk in supply chains are the Incoterms®, which are terms of trade used to decide who does what in a cargo movement, when risk passes from seller to buyer and who pays for which part of the movement. Wrong Incoterms® create unexpected costs or risks, at best, and inoperable contracts at worst, with all the challenges implied. This paper analyzes risk in supply chain management (SCM) through the lens of the responsibilities and costs imposed by Incoterms®. The authors also conducted a survey of 100 supply chain decision makers on supply chain contracts creation and Incoterms® knowledge in the population. Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) of Incoterms® reveals many scenarios that pose financial, operational, and even legal risk to firms. Results suggest Incoterms® rules are poorly understood by supply chain practitioners in general, are often chosen by personnel who are not aware of the implications of their choices, and are therefore frequently chosen incorrectly or non-strategically, thereby increasing cost and risk. This paper discusses the implications of the analysis and survey results on supply chain performance as well as mitigation strategies for practitioners in strategically using Incoterms® to remove cost, risk, and delay from supply chain transactions. Full article
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The Impact of Instrumental Stakeholder Management on Blockchain Technology Adoption Behavior in Agri-Food Supply Chains
by Michael Paul Kramer, Linda Bitsch and Jon H. Hanf
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2021, 14(12), 598; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm14120598 - 11 Dec 2021
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Coffee is the second most important commodity in terms of global trade value, with its global market value exceeding $460 billion in 2020. Its supply networks, which encompass multiple stakeholders, are complex and nontransparent. Blockchain is a trust technology, and some coffee firms [...] Read more.
Coffee is the second most important commodity in terms of global trade value, with its global market value exceeding $460 billion in 2020. Its supply networks, which encompass multiple stakeholders, are complex and nontransparent. Blockchain is a trust technology, and some coffee firms have embraced this technology to provide trust attributes to consumers while making their supply chain more transparent. For businesses to gain the expected productivity advantages, a technology must be adopted and used. As theoretical and empirical research on blockchain technology adoption is scarce, this article attempts to identify behavioral intentions of stakeholders in the supply network toward its adoption. Based on exploratory interviews, this article develops a blockchain technology adoption model based on factors relevant to individuals’ use behavior. The results provide evidence that a normative stakeholder management approach positively impacts use behavior. Managers can use the model to benchmark and improve their corporate social responsibility strategy to obtain better returns on blockchain investments. This study closes a research gap as, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, no research has been conducted so far on the impact of an instrumental stakeholder management approach on blockchain technology adoption behavior. Understanding how stakeholder management can compensate for the lack of consensus mechanisms in private and consortium blockchains, as well as understanding the factors influencing behavioral intentions toward the use of a technology, can provide for managerial guidance toward the development of an effective stakeholder management strategy, which eventually can result in a competitive advantage. Full article
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Propagation of International Supply-Chain Disruptions between Firms in a Country
by Hiroyasu Inoue
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2021, 14(10), 461; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm14100461 - 1 Oct 2021
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This study shows how import and export shocks propagate through domestic supply chains using actual Japanese supply-chain data and a world input-output table (WIOT) based on firm-level agent-based simulations. We propose three different models with which to connect the domestic firms to a [...] Read more.
This study shows how import and export shocks propagate through domestic supply chains using actual Japanese supply-chain data and a world input-output table (WIOT) based on firm-level agent-based simulations. We propose three different models with which to connect the domestic firms to a WIOT. Then, we estimate the value-added losses of Japanese firms caused by shocks of different magnitudes and durations originating in China, in the EU and the US, and globally. The volume and rates at which losses increase are very different across the connection models, which indicates that the assignment of international connections to firms matters greatly. The losses increase sublinearly as the duration expands, which indicates that the shock propagation ultimately saturates the economy. Rates of saturation differ substantially depending on the assignment of international connections. The losses increase superlinearly as the initial reduction rate increases. This occurs because there is a greater probability of one supplier being replaced by other suppliers if the reduction is smaller. Full article
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