Using a multi-tier mapping of supply chain relationships constructed from granular global, firm-to-firm supplier--customer linkages data, we quantify the degree of financial risk propagation from the supply network beyond firms' direct supply chain connections and isolate structural network...

Supply chain risks, despite being a well-developed theoretical concept, are difficult to quantify, limiting the scope of empirical research. I develop a firm-level measure of supply chain risk exposure from a novel source of unstructured data---managers' discussions of supply chain-related...