Risk and Vulnerability in Virtual Enterprise Networks

A month ago I posted on my first publication, a book chapter on A Conceptual Framework for Risk and Vulnerability in Virtual Enterprise Networks in Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks: Implementing Supply Chain Principles, edited by Stavros Ponis from NTUA in Athens, Greece, and published by IGI Global. A month ago, the book was merely announced on the publisher’s website, now it is fully present. Not only do I have the honor of opening the book by being the first chapter, but  – as I just found out – I also have the honor of having the free sample chapter for download…making my thoughts available for criticism for the whole Internet world, not just the inquisitive  reader who stumbles upon this book in the university library and decides to read it.

Already outdated?

It is more than a year since I submitted my chapter for review, and had I written it today, it probably would have been a different chapter. Well, perhaps not “different”, but more “mature”, as I have gained additional insights  and done more research on risk and vulnerability in supply chains and networks. Many of the thoughts presented in the chapter, in particular the framework for distinguishing different compositions of virtual enterprise networks (see page 5 below) has been refined and used in other settings. Many ideas are still valid and I hope this book chapter will stand the test of time and be referenced by others than me in my own future writings.

Read online

A Conceptual Framework for Risk and Vulnerability in Virtual Enterprise Networks by janhusdal



Reference

Ponis, S. (ed) (2010). Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks: Implementing Supply Chain Principles. Hershey, PA: IGI

Publisher link

Related

Posted in my PUBLIC PRESENCE
Tags: , , , ,

ARTICLES and PAPERS
Ménage à trois - the good, the bad and the ugly
No, it's not what you think it is, but I could not think of a more fitting title (to attract more re[...]
A grounded definition of supply risk
Risk has many facets and has been studied widely in many settings for many decades. But risk in a su[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Organizing Resilience
Resilience. A word that his been in the media perhaps more than ever before these days. I am of cour[...]
Book Review: Enterprise SCM
Have you ever played SimCity? I never liked Transport Tycoon that much, but I used to play SimCity a[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Analysing road vulnerability in Norway
How does the Norwegian Public Roads Administration NRPA assess the vulnerability of the Norwegian ro[...]
A risky business? The top 10 challenges of offshoring
Organisations embarking on offshoring face multiple challenges; many of which can be extremely daunt[...]