Managing supply chain disruptions: role of firm resilience and strategic focus on innovation

Abstract Exploiting the exogenous and regional nature of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, this paper provides a quantification of the role of input-output linkages as a mechanism for the propagation and amplification of shocks. We document that the disruption caused by the disaster propagated upstream and downstream along supply chains, affecting the direct and indirect suppliers and customers of disaster-stricken firms. Using a general equilibrium model of production networks, we then obtain an estimate for the overall macroeconomic impact of the disaster by taking these propagation effects into account. We find that the earthquake and its aftermaths resulted in a 0.47 percentage point decline in Japan’s real GDP growth in the year following the disaster.

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The role of personal relationships in supply chain disruptions: Perspectives from buyers and suppliers of logistics services

Acta Commercii ◽

10.4102/ac.v18i1.608 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carla Rood ◽

Deon Van den Berg ◽

Wesley Niemann ◽

Arno Meyer

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Research Strategy ◽

Third Party ◽

Personal Relationships ◽

Supply Chain Disruption ◽

Supply Chain Disruptions ◽

Supplier Relationships ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Logistics Services

Orientation: Firms can no longer rely on their own internal capabilities to operate in dynamic business environments but rather depend on buyer–supplier relationships to resolve and survive supply chain disruptions.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the underlying role of personal buyer–supplier relationships in a supply chain disruption context.Motivation for the study: Previous research studies have focussed solely on the role of business relationships in a supply chain disruption context, while neglecting personal relationships.Research design, approach and method: A generic qualitative research strategy was used for this purpose. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine buyers and nine suppliers of logistics services who were involved in personal relationships during supply chain disruptions.Main findings: The findings of this study indicate the attributes that must be present for a personal relationship to form in a supply chain disruption context, along with the various advantages and disadvantages that are derived from personal relationships in times of supply chain disruption.Practical/managerial implications: For managers, this study identifies various attributes, advantages and disadvantages of personal relationships in supply chain disruptions, therefore equipping managers to extract value from personal relationships in supply chain disruptions.Contribution/value-add: Academically, this study expands the literature by being one of the first empirical studies to conduct research on the role of buyer–supplier personal relationships in the third-party logistics supply chain disruption context.

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Supply Chain Disruptions and the Role of Information Asymmetry

Decision Sciences ◽

10.1111/deci.12133 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 46 (2) ◽

pp. 465-475 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

William Schmidt

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Information Asymmetry ◽

Supply Chain Disruptions ◽

Role Of Information

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Linking supply chain disruptions with organisational performance of construction firms: the moderating role of innovation

Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction ◽

10.1108/jfmpc-11-2019-0084 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Ernest Kissi ◽

Kofi Agyekum ◽

Labaran Musah ◽

De-Graft Owusu-Manu ◽

Caleb Debrah

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Business Performance ◽

Ordinary Least Squares ◽

Project Performance ◽

Organisational Performance ◽

Supply Chain Disruptions ◽

Content Type ◽

Construction Firms ◽

Moderating Role

Purpose Supply chain (SC) disruption, whether demand sided or supply sided, is conversely perceived to affect organisational performance of construction firms. This paper, therefore, aims to examine the linkage of supply chain disruptions with organisational performance of construction firms through the moderating role of innovation. Design/methodology/approach Using a quantitative research, approach the views of 84 construction professionals were elicited using a structured questionnaire. Ordinary least squares were utilised to validate the hypotheses set. Findings The study proved that there is a negative relationship between demand-related disruption and business performance as well as project performance. Also, it was clear from the study that supply-related disruptions had a significant impact on both project performance and business performance. Although SC innovation was seen to impact business performance, it had no relationship with project performance. Generally, innovation was seen to have a moderating effect of demand and supply disruption of project performance, but it played no moderating role in business performance. Practical implications The findings suggest that business firms must be innovative with the supply chain, as it moderated project success. The supply chain of a construction firm plays a very critical role on projects; hence, this study recommends that a supply chain manager ought to be innovative in their operations due to the moderating role SC innovation has on project performance and largely business performance. Originality/value Various studies on supply chain has been done on different sectors in the economy; however, little can be said about the construction industry on how supply chain disruptions affects business and project performance and how innovation moderates such effects.

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