Title: Mutual and interactive vulnerability in supply-chain dyads

Authors: Goran Svensson

Addresses: Oslo School of Management, PO Box 1195 Sentrum, Oslo 0107, Norway

Abstract: The objective of the present study is to present and test a generic framework for the operationalisation and conceptualisation of the constructs of mutual- and interactive-vulnerability in supply-chain dyads. The study involves a survey of a vehicle manufacturer and its most important suppliers. The results are analysed for an understanding of mutual- and interactive-vulnerability in such supply-chain dyads. The study identifies the dimensions of mutual- and interactive-vulnerability in supply-chain dyads. These can be used in management practice to analyse, describe and position different views of vulnerability. In addition, the study also presents a conceptual framework that distinguishes between the constructs of mutual- and interactive-vulnerability in supply-chain dyads. This research has contributed methodologically to the empirical measurement and evaluation of mutual- and interactive-vulnerability in supply-chain dyads. These constructs have not been explored simultaneously in previous research of the vulnerability construct.

Keywords: automobile industry; supply chain dyads; interactive vulnerability; mutual vulnerability; automotive supply chains; supply chain management; SCM; vehicle manufacturing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLEG.2008.020526

International Journal of Logistics Economics and Globalisation, 2008 Vol.1 No.2, pp.123 - 140

Published online: 29 Sep 2008 *

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