Purpose – The main objective of the paper is to develop a risk management framework for software development projects from developers' perspective. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses a combined qualitative and quantitative technique with the active involvement of stakeholders in...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the key issues and challenges in risk management and insurance in the Chinese construction industry and propose solutions to improve risk management. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on surveys which target people who have...

Purpose – Large supply and computer networks contain heterogeneous information and correlation among their components, and are distributed across a large geographical region. This paper aims to investigate and develop a generic knowledge integration framework that can handle the challenges...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of supply chain linkages on supply chain performance (SCP). It aims to define and describe linkage constructs for power, benefits, and risk reduction and develop multi‐item scales for their measurement. It also aims to assess the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a risk identification checklist for facilitating user companies to surface, organise and manage potential risks associated with the post‐adoption of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Design/methodology/approach – A desktop study,...

Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate which factors influence user attitudes toward different levels of security measures for protecting data of differing importance. The paper also examines user characteristics including IT proficiency and risk propensity, which give rise to individual...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel risk assessment approach that considers the inter‐relationship between supply chain risks and the structure of network at the same time. To reduce the impact of the supply chain risk and enhance the flexibility of transportation route...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a generic framework to assess and simulate outsourcing risks in the supply chain. Design/methodology/approach – This combination approach involves a qualitative risk analysis methodology termed as the supply chain risk‐failure mode and...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine how project managers frame variability for categorised risk factors on enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects. Design/methodology/approach – Weighting and selection of the risk factors was undertaken based on an analysis of data (using PASW17),...

It is noted that new British and European legislation will make it a criminal offence for companies not to dispose of their waste products properly. Organisations, following the American example, will have to monitor the costs of waste disposal just as closely as they audit those of their...