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2009/05/22 from the LITERATURE No reactions yet

Supply Risk Management: just common sense?

Am I missing something here? Does Supply Risk Management come down to plain and simple common sense? I don’t mind authors who use propositions in their articles; it usually shows that they have a pretty good grip on their subject. Besides, it adds structure and focus. In their 2004 paper, Securing the upstream supply chain: a risk management approach, Larry C Guinipero and Reham A Eltantawy put forward and explore four propositions reflecting four situational factors that should govern supply risk management. However, as I see it, not only are these propositions not fully exploited, they appear to be little more than basic common sense, or is it me who is way off?

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