This study analyzes the impact of Chinese shipment volumes measured in TEUs on US stock performance in the initial stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. The analysis indicates that, initially, US stocks were negatively affected irrespective of firms' trade engagements with China; however, as the...

This paper empirically examines whether operational slack, business diversification, geographic diversification, and vertical relatedness influence the stock market reaction to supply chain disruptions. The results are based on a sample of 307 supply chain disruptions announced by publicly...

In today’s interconnected business world, firms are part of a much larger interconnected supply chain network. Individual firms are not working in isolation but rather depend on, build, and leverage the connected nature of the supply chain network. In fact, an individual firm’s performance...