Title: Supply chain risk management in SMEs: analysing the barriers

Authors: Mohd Nishat Faisal, D.K. Banwet, Ravi Shankar

Addresses: Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India. ' Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India. ' Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to identify barriers to risk management in supply chains of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and to understand their mutual relationships. Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) was applied to present a hierarchy-based model and the contextual relationships among these barriers. The research shows that there exists a group of barriers that have high driving power and low dependence and are of strategic importance. The proposed model provides a useful tool for SME supply chain managers to focus on those variables that are most important for effective risk management in supply chains.

Keywords: supply chain management; SCM; risk management; SCRM; barriers; interpretive structural modelling; small and medium-sized enterprises; SMEs; barriers.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2007.013460

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2007 Vol.4 No.5, pp.588 - 607

Published online: 30 Apr 2007 *

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