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TS 4.3 : Global risk management in supply chains
Chairs: Hammami Ramzi, R-SCOM, ESC Rennes School of Business, France
Yannick Frein, G-SCOP, Grenoble INP, France
Cecilia Temponi, Texas University, USA
Abstract: The globalization of production activities, mostly motivated by reducing production costs, has
increased the risk faced by companies. Managers operating in global environment should deal with different
supply chain risk problems such as those associated with lack of visibility in supplier reliability, unstable
market, fluctuating exchange rates, unstable cost and product quality, different regulatory and tax regimes,
disparities and change in regulations, rapid changes in technology and product life cycle, frequent natural
and human disasters, etc.
Past research has addressed some of these issues, mainly by developing analytical models to manage the
supply chain risk. However, only few types of risk have been considered. In particular, there are only few
supply chain models addressing the risks triggered by unstable exchange rates, emergence of new
environmental regulations, and changing production cost in low-cost countries. In addition, there is a lack of
papers that examine the combination of different risk factors and their impact on supply chain
performance.
The goal of this special session is to investigate relevant research on new ways to manage risk in global
complex supply chain networks. Papers that address the tradeoff between reducing supply chain cost (e.g.,
by offshoring) and hedging against global risks are of particular interest. Both analytical and conceptual
research will be considered.
Contact: hammami.ramzi@gmail.com; yannick.frein@g-scop.inpg.fr; c.temponi@txstate.edu;