Mitigating supply chain disruptions - a normal accident perspective

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 142-152

  Marley, Kathryn A ^a   Ward, Peter T ^b   Hill, James A ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Normal accident theory; Risk management; Supply chain disruptions; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897057401     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-03-2013-0083     Document Type: Article

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