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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 183-196Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED
DOI: 10.1108/13598540410527079
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supply chain management; risk management; small to medium-sized enterprises; information systems
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This article presents a secondary analysis of the literature, supplemented by case studies to determine if large companies increase their exposure to risk by having small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) as partners in business critical positions in the supply chain, and to make recommendations concerning best practice. A framework defining the information systems (IS) environment is used to structure the review. The review found that large companies' exposure to risk appeared to be increased by inter-organisational networking. Having SMEs as partners in the supply chain further increased the risk exposure. SMEs increased their own exposure to risk by becoming partners in a supply chain. These findings indicate the importance of undertaking risk assessments and considering the need for business continuity planning when a company is exposed to inter-organisational networking.
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