This study examines how firms adjust their sourcing decisions due to variations in policy uncertainty and if such adjustments result in performance effects. Specifically, we assess how policy uncertainty influences a focal firm’s decisions to restructure its supply chain along two dimensions:...

Using a large sample of approximately 210,000 supplier-firm relationships, we develop new measures to operationalize the industrial and geographical concentrations of firms' upstream industries. The developed measures show an upstream industry might be competitive and contain many suppliers (low...

Purpose – As global supply networks proliferate, the strategic significance of supply chain risk management (SCRM) – defined as the identification, evaluation, and management of supply chain-related risks to reduce overall supply chain vulnerability – also increases. Yet, despite...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the supply chain risk management literature by examining how stakeholders place pressure on the firm to engage in risk management activities. Design/methodology/approach – This paper utilizes a survey approach to test the nomological...