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Archive for November 2010

Risk from the Managers Perspective (Part 1)

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Managerial Perspectives on Risk and Risk Taking
Year: 
1987

Today I finally read one of the most cited articles on subjective risk in general. In 1987 March and Shapira set out to shake up the existing theories on the perception and processing of risks by managers. Accordingly, they aggregated the information from various surveys on this topic.

Survey on Risk Handling in the Manufacturing Industry

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Global Manufacturing Outlook
Year: 
2010

A current report by KPMG shows that international manufacturers are increasingly considering effects of supplier selection on cost and potential risks. Nearly 200 companies participated globally in the survey. The full report can be downloaded here at KPMG, I just summarized the major findings.

Organizational Risk Perception and Reduction

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Organizational Risk Perception and Reduction: A Literature Review
Year: 
1995

Today I read a rather old article from 1995 about “Organizational Risk Perception and Reduction: A Literature Review” by Vincent-Wayne Mitchell, now at the Cass Business School in London. I present it here since I think most of the concepts and strategies are still valid.

Supply Chain Conferences 2011

In preparation for next year I have been busy looking for Supply Chain Conferences. The goal is to have a comprehensive overview of instructive and useful conferences in 2011.

The conferences I selected all have tracks related to Supply Chain Risk Management. In this year’s table I added another column for the Target Audience as either Business, Research or Both.

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