Antecedents of proactive supply chain risk management - A contingency theory perspective

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2842-2867

  Grötsch, Volker M ^a   Blome, Constantin ^a,b   Schleper, Martin C ^a  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Content analysis; Contingency theory; Insolvency; Management control systems; Multi method; Supply chain risk management

Indexed keywords

BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTINGENCY THEORY; INSOLVENCY; MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM; MULTI METHODS; SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMMERCE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84876310990     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.746796     Document Type: Article

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