Global Supply Chain Security Emerging Topics in Research, Practice and Policy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thomas, Andrew R. (Editor), Vaduva, Sebastian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; International economics.; Economic policy.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Economic Policy.; International Economics.

This volume presents new theoretical insights, practical strategies, and policy initiatives in the rapidly evolving field of global supply chain security. As businesses, governments, and society at large have become increasingly dependent on a global network to provide goods and services, protecting...

Table of Contents:

• The Context of Global Supply Chain Security
• Maritime Piracy and the Supply Chain
• Political Risk to the Supply Chain
• Corporate Security: A Supply Chain Program
• An Examination of Global Supply Chain Security through the Lens of Grid and Group Theory
• Aviation Security and Organizational Behavior
• An Evaluation of Capacity and Inventory Buffers as Mitigation for Catastrophic Supply Chain
• Closing the Last 1/2 mile of Emergency Response
• Breach with Intent: A Risk Analysis of Deliberate Security Breaches in the Seafood Supply Chain
• The Role of Suez Canal Development in Logistics Chain
• Planned and Emergent Strategy.