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a gateway to journal articles, research papers, books, websites and other resources in Supply Chain Risk and Business Continuity, personally collected and in-depth reviewed by Jan Husdal, a researcher, consultant, PhD-student and academic in spe from Norway.
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- May 29, 2009
- 09:12 PM
- 726 views
Online journals – curse or blessing?
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
A year ago or so I was perusing the Internet for scholarly or academic blogs, which I found, commented on and then forgot about. Today I stumbled upon an old comment that is a poignant reminder of my post on the Catch 22 of Academic Publishing. It was my comment on the post The Paradox [...]... Read more »
Evans, J. (2008) Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship. Science, 321(5887), 395-399. DOI: 10.1126/science.1150473
- June 7, 2009
- 07:00 AM
- 650 views
Google Scholar – really scholarly?
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
A study published in the May 2009 issue of College & Research Libraries investigates how Google Scholar compares to library databases. As it turns out, Google Scholar is on average 17.6 percent more scholarly than materials found only in library databases. D’oh! So should you switch to Google Scholar?... Read more »
Jared L. Howland, Thomas C. Wright, Rebecca A. Boughan, & Brian C. Roberts. (2009) How Scholarly Is Google Scholar? A Comparison to Library Databases. College and Research Libraries, 70(3). DOI: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crljournal/2009/may/index.cfm
- June 4, 2009
- 06:05 PM
- 649 views
How to get a PhD without a dissertation
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
Do you write academic papers? Do you really check and actually read your references before citing them? Every now and then I run a search on citation databases, e.g. Scopus, to see if someone has used my published or online work, and today something interesting turned up: my supposed PhD dissertation, cited in two separate and seemingly unrelated papers. While I appreciate the honor of being credited with a PhD, fact is, I don’t have a PhD…yet…so obviously someone did not do their homework.... Read more »
Wasi, S. R., & Bender, J. D. (2004) Spatially Enabled Pipeline Route Optimization Model. Prpceeding of the 2004 International Pipeline Conference (IPC2004) , 699-707. DOI: 10.1115/IPC2004-0362
- May 26, 2009
- 06:04 PM
- 643 views
The Catch 22 of Academic Publishing
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
“Publish or perish“. You’ve heard the phrase, right? Well, apparently, getting published in the first place is not as easy as it seems, and the peer-review process may not as objective and unbiased as you may think. If you’re in (as in belonging to the right academic circles, and thus worthy of being published), you’re [...]... Read more »
Gibson, B., Hanna, J., & Menachof, D. (2004) Periodical usefulness: an international perspective. International Journal of Logistics, 7(3), 297-311. DOI: 10.1080/13675560412331298482
Macdonald, S., & Kam, J. (2007) Ring a Ring o? Roses: Quality Journals and Gamesmanship in Management Studies. Journal of Management Studies, 44(4), 640-655. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00704.x
- May 31, 2009
- 06:02 PM
- 626 views
Fragility and sustainability: emerging research areas?
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
Should short-term loss-minimization and short-term profit maximization really be the driving force behind supply chain risk management? In their 2009 article Weak links in the supply chain: measuring fragility and sustainability, Stonebraker, Goldhar and Nassos point at a emerging area of supply chain research: fragility and sustainability, and they develop a framework for understanding and [...]... Read more »
Stonebraker, P., Goldhar, J., & Nassos, G. (2009) Weak links in the supply chain: measuring fragility and sustainability. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 20(2), 161-177. DOI: 10.1108/17410380910929600
- May 16, 2009
- 05:25 PM
- 603 views
Finding the right location – minimizing disruption costs
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
Classical facility location models assume that once optimally located and set up, facilities will operate as planned, smoothly, and without interruption. In reality, though, operations seldom go as planned; interruptions, unscheduled downtime and failures occur every once in a while, with unplanned and unbudgeted disruption costs as a consequence. Is it possible to know beforehand which locations that have the least disuptions costs?... Read more »
Snyder, L., & Daskin, M. (2005) Reliability Models for Facility Location: The Expected Failure Cost Case. Transportation Science, 39(3), 400-416. DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1040.0107
- June 9, 2009
- 01:57 AM
- 602 views
What kind of Supplychainist are you?
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
Supply Chain Management (SCM) has evolved into both a professional and an academic field that is growing, spreading and developing offshoots in all directions. But what is SCM really, is it just a new name for logistics or is it possible to distinguish certain perspectives? And what is the difference between the Tradionalist, the Unionist, the Re-Labelist, and the Intersectionist? ... Read more »
Halldorsson, A., & Larson, P. (2004) Logistics versus supply chain management: an international survey. International Journal of Logistics, 7(1), 17-31. DOI: 10.1080/13675560310001619240
- June 10, 2009
- 03:16 AM
- 602 views
Broader research = better research?
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
I have always seen myself as a cross-disciplinary thinker, and I guess that is why I am so often sidetracked and led astray when attempting to focus on a subject. But browsing other areas of study and even borrowing ideas from them can be very beneficial. It can shed a different light on things, and at best, help you not to reinvent the wheel. At least that is what James Stock thought in 1997, when he wrote 'Applying theories from other disciplines to logistics'.... Read more »
Stock, J. (1997) Applying theories from other disciplines to logistics. International Journal of Physical Distribution , 27(9/10), 515-539. DOI: 10.1108/09600039710188576
- June 11, 2009
- 06:43 PM
- 600 views
Risk Management: Contingent versus Mitigative
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
The risk management literature separates between mitigative actions or strategies and contingent actions and strategies. It is important to keep these two perspectives apart. Why? Because risk management needs to address both sides of the risk: what lies behind the risk (source) and what lies in front of it (consequences). Here is my attempt at [...]... Read more »
Bjørn Egil Asbjørnslett. (2008) Assessing the Vulnerability of Supply Chains . International Series in Operations Research , 15-33. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79934-6_2
Jüttner, U., Peck, H., & Christopher, M. (2003) Supply chain risk management: outlining an agenda for future research. International Journal of Logistics, 6(4), 197-210. DOI: 10.1080/13675560310001627016
Tomlin, B. (2006) On the Value of Mitigation and Contingency Strategies for Managing Supply Chain Disruption Risks. Management Science, 52(5), 639-657. DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0515
- May 29, 2009
- 12:05 AM
- 599 views
Supply chain risk management – a complete literature review?
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
Is it possible to summarize seven years of supply chain risk management research and find a common theme or definition of what supply chain risk is all about? Apparently not. In Supply chain risk management: literature review and future research, Vanany, Zailani and Pujawan, three scholars from Indonesia and Malaysia, review and classify 82 articles in what is the most complete review that I have seen to date. But…is it a helpful review?... Read more »
Vanany, Iwan, Zailani, Suhaiza, & Pujawan, Nyoman. (2009) Supply chain risk management: literature review and future research. International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, 2(1), 16-33. DOI: http://www.igi-global.com/articles/details.asp?ID
- May 19, 2009
- 03:57 AM
- 591 views
Supply Chain Risk Management – as seen from Space
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
Is it possible to reconcile supply chain vulnerability, risk and supply chain management with corporate governance, business continuity, national security and emergency planning? In her 2006 article, Helen Peck attempts to do just that, hence my analogy of looking down at supply chains from Space – in order to really see the big picture. Because, in supply chains, most stakeholders are found far beyond the individual supply chain and Helen Peck explains why.... Read more »
Peck, H. (2006) Reconciling supply chain vulnerability, risk and supply chain management. International Journal of Logistics, 9(2), 127-142. DOI: 10.1080/13675560600673578
- May 24, 2009
- 07:01 AM
- 591 views
Risk in supply networks – seeing it all, or not?
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
It is practically impossible to write a paper on supply chain risk without citing Risk in supply networks by Harland, Brenchley & Walker (2003). Why? Because it delivers a holistic take on risk, risk management and supply chains, and an excellent discourse on types of risk, sources of risks and descriptions of risk.... Read more »
Harland, C. (2003) Risk in supply networks. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 9(2), 51-62. DOI: 10.1016/S1478-4092(03)00004-9
- May 26, 2009
- 12:33 AM
- 588 views
De-confusing SCRM: robustness, resilience, flexibility and agility
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
Several “buzzwords” have been linked to supply chain risk management in various ways: robustness, flexibility, agility and resilience. These concepts are often confused, and thus, warrant further explanation.... Read more »
Christopher, M., & Peck, H. (2004) Building the Resilient Supply Chain. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 15(2), 1-14. DOI: 10.1108/09574090410700275
Duclos, L., Vokurka, R., & Lummus, R. (2003) A conceptual model of supply chain flexibility. Industrial Management , 103(6), 446-456. DOI: 10.1108/02635570310480015
- May 27, 2009
- 11:00 PM
- 583 views
Lean Agile = LeAgile: a happy marriage?
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
Opposites attract and in the supply chain world, “lean” and “agile” appear to be opposites. Both management strategies have their advantages and disadvantages, and the question is, is it possible for them to exist side by side, or even fuse? In their 2006 article A taxonomy for selecting global supply chain strategies, Christopher, Peck and [...]... Read more »
Christopher, M., Peck, H., & Towill, D. (2006) A taxonomy for selecting global supply chain strategies. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 17(2), 277-287. DOI: 10.1108/09574090610689998
Christopher, M., & R.Towill, D. (2002) Developing Market Specific Supply Chain Strategies. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 13(1), 1-14. DOI: 10.1108/09574090210806324
Mason-Jones, R., Naylor, B., & Towill, D. (2000) Engineering the leagile supply chain. International Journal of Agile Management Systems, 2(1), 54-61. DOI: 10.1108/14654650010312606
Ben Naylor, J. (1999) Leagility: Integrating the lean and agile manufacturing paradigms in the total supply chain. International Journal of Production Economics, 62(1-2), 107-118. DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(98)00223-0
- June 13, 2009
- 06:48 AM
- 583 views
The six ways of dealing with risk
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
Classic risk management literature acknowledges four ways of dealing with risk after establishing a risk matrix: Avoid, Reduce, Transfer and Retain or Accept. However, as it turns out, there are six ways, not just four ways to deal with risk ,as the classic risk matrix indicates. Two more are Exploit and Ignore. The former stems [...]... Read more »
Tomlin, B. (2006) On the Value of Mitigation and Contingency Strategies for Managing Supply Chain Disruption Risks. Management Science, 52(5), 639-657. DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0515
- June 22, 2009
- 06:02 PM
- 581 views
Biting the hand that feeds. Or why all firms are snakes.
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
‘All firms are snakes’. So says Paul D. Cousins in A conceptual model for managing long-term inter-organisational relationships, published in 2002. ‘They are maximisers and satisfiers concerned with their own survival and self-interest’. I find that a rather harsh statement. How are collaboration and relationship management possible in such an environment? Do we really need to cooperate anyway?... Read more »
COUSINS, P. (2002) A conceptual model for managing long-term inter-organisational relationships. European Journal of Purchasing , 8(2), 71-82. DOI: 10.1016/S0969-7012(01)00006-5
- June 18, 2009
- 11:26 PM
- 580 views
The latest trends in logistics and supply chain management research
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
What is at the forefront of current research in supply chain management and logistics right now? I know, thanks to to Gyöngi Kovács at interorganisational.org, who attended the NOFOMA 2009 conference, where Emerald, one of the world's leading publishers of management journals, presented some statistics on which articles that were most downloaded from their online journals during the first quarter of 2009.... Read more »
Pålsson, H., & Johansson, O. (2009) Supply chain integration obtained through uniquely labelled goods: A survey of Swedish manufacturing industries. International Journal of Physical Distribution , 39(1), 28-46. DOI: 10.1108/09600030910929174
Christopher, M., & Lee, H. (2004) Mitigating supply chain risk through improved confidence. International Journal of Physical Distribution , 34(5), 388-396. DOI: 10.1108/09600030410545436
Hanafi, J., Kara, S., & Kaebernick, H. (2008) Reverse logistics strategies for end-of-life products. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 19(3), 367-388. DOI: 10.1108/09574090810919206
Masson, R., Iosif, L., MacKerron, G., & Fernie, J. (2007) Managing complexity in agile global fashion industry supply chains. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 18(2), 238-254. DOI: 10.1108/09574090710816959
Cho, J., Ozment, J., & Sink, H. (2008) Logistics capability, logistics outsourcing and firm performance in an e-commerce market. International Journal of Physical Distribution , 38(5), 336-359. DOI: 10.1108/09600030810882825
Spekman, R., & II, P. (2006) RFID: from concept to implementation. International Journal of Physical Distribution , 36(10), 736-754. DOI: 10.1108/09600030610714571
- April 25, 2001
- 12:05 AM
- 578 views
Corridor Analysis – A timeline of evolutionary development
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
Locating a right-of-way for a linear facility such as a pipeline, a transmission line, a railway or a roadway can be a complex problem. Before computers invaded the field of spatial analysis, McHarg (1967) wrote one of the pioneering articles in corridor analysis. ... Read more »
CHURCH, R., LOBAN, S., & LOMBARD, K. (1992) An interface for exploring spatial alternatives for a corridor location problem. Computers , 18(8), 1095-1105. DOI: 10.1016/0098-3004(92)90023-K
Collischonn, W., & Pilar, J. (2000) A direction dependent least-cost-path algorithm for roads and canals. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 14(4), 397-406. DOI: 10.1080/13658810050024304
Cova, T. (2000) Exploratory spatial optimization in site search: a neighborhood operator approach. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 24(5), 401-419. DOI: 10.1016/S0198-9715(00)00015-6
Cova, T., & Goodchild, M. (2002) Extending geographical representation to include fields of spatial objects. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 16(6), 509-532. DOI: 10.1080/13658810210137040
Deo, N., & Pang, C. (1984) Shortest-path algorithms: Taxonomy and annotation. Networks, 14(2), 275-323. DOI: 10.1002/net.3230140208
Dijkstra, E. (1959) A note on two problems in connexion with graphs. Numerische Mathematik, 1(1), 269-271. DOI: 10.1007/BF01386390
DOUGLAS, D. (1994) Least-cost Path in GIS Using an Accumulated Cost Surface and Slopelines. Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization, 31(3), 37-51. DOI: 10.3138/D327-0323-2JUT-016M
Dreyfus, S. (1969) An Appraisal of Some Shortest-Path Algorithms. Operations Research, 17(3), 395-412. DOI: 10.1287/opre.17.3.395
Huber, D., & Church, R. (1985) Transmission Corridor Location Modeling. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 111(2), 114. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(1985)111:2(114)
Xu, J., & Lathrop, R. (1995) Improving simulation accuracy of spread phenomena in a raster-based Geographic Information System. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 9(2), 153-168. DOI: 10.1080/02693799508902031
- June 2, 2009
- 06:25 PM
- 576 views
Risk in supply networks – a tale of principals and agents
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
Sometimes the most interesting articles are found outside the mainstream journals of ones field, and so it is with Cheng and Kam (2008) A conceptual framework for analyzing risk in supply networks, found in the Journal of Enterprise Information Management, a very unlikely journal for finding a paper on supply chain risk. It is not [...]... Read more »
Cheng, S., & Kam, B. (2008) A conceptual framework for analysing risk in supply networks. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 21(4), 345-360. DOI: 10.1108/17410390810888642
- May 20, 2009
- 12:18 AM
- 575 views
A-maze-ing discoveries
by Jan Husdal in Supply Chain Risk Research & Literature Review
Looking up new articles from reference lists can be amazing discoveries, and it’s so interesting to note how one thing leads to the other…especially when you’re doing literature reviews…and usually it’s like this: You are reading some article on your main subject when you see some interesting references, which you look up, just to find [...]... Read more »
Polito, T., & Watson, K. (2006) Just-in-Time Under Fire: The Five Major Constraints Upon JIT Practices. Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, 9(1), 8-13. DOI: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did
WATSON, K., BLACKSTONE, J., & GARDINER, S. (2007) The evolution of a management philosophy: The theory of constraints. Journal of Operations Management, 25(2), 387-402. DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2006.04.004
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