As the supply chain expands overseas, there is a growing need for managing supply chain disruptions from a cross-national perspective. This paper investigates whether or not supply chain disruption management (SCDM) can be universally applied. The universality of the SCDM framework is analyzed...

Purposes – Global product development requires complex international inter‐firm coordination between suppliers and manufacturers. Prior research on the impact of opportunities and risks of supplier‐manufacturer partnership in the context of global product development is relatively limited....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine complex risk management practices of Japanese firms in a turbulent environment. Design/methodology/approach – The focus of this research is to examine risk management practices based on product accidents in Japanese firms. It examines how...