The role of the consistency between objective and perceived environmental uncertainty in supply chain risk management
Industrial Management & Data Systems
ISSN: 0263-5577
Article publication date: 13 August 2018
Issue publication date: 28 September 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to understand how the consistency between objective and perceived environmental uncertainty might affect supply chain flexibilities that cope with supply chain risk.
Design/methodology/approach
This study adopted a case study of comparative four companies in order to obtain an in-depth knowledge of the environmental conditions under which the companies implement different types of supply chain risk management (SCRM) strategies: logistics flexibility and relationship flexibility.
Findings
The case analysis not only distinguished the different effects of objective and perceived environmental uncertainty on supply chain flexibility, but also established the propositions about the effects of the consistency between objective and perceived environmental uncertainty on logistics flexibility and relationship flexibility in SCRM.
Originality/value
In principle, supply chain flexibility aims to cope with complex and turbulent environments. Yet, empirical findings about the effects of environmental uncertainty on supply chain flexibility are inconclusive. This study addressed this question by differentiating between objective and perceived environmental uncertainty as well as between logistics and relationship supply chain flexibilities.
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Acknowledgements
The research underlying this paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos 71672189, 71774182), and the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality (No. 9162015).
Citation
Yu, K., Cadeaux, J., Luo, N., Qian, C. and Chen, Z. (2018), "The role of the consistency between objective and perceived environmental uncertainty in supply chain risk management", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 118 No. 7, pp. 1365-1387. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-09-2017-0410
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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