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An Examination of Global Supply Chain Security Through the Lens of Grid and Group Theory

In: Global Supply Chain Security

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  • Jon M. Loffi

    (Oklahoma State University)

  • Ryan J. Wallace

    (Polk State College)

  • Edward L. Harris

    (School of Educational Studies, Educational Leadership - School Administration, College of Education, Oklahoma State University)

Abstract

World events such as the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack, the Boston Marathon bombing, and more recently the horrific actions of Boko Haram in Nigeria have put safety and security as top priorities for all people, especially those whose job it is to secure the global supply chain. It is a known fact that obtaining absolute security in any endeavor, let alone the global supply chain, is a chimera. However, security managers endeavor to minimize risks in the daily business of transportation. Conflicting values and organizational inequalities are factors that can severely undermine global supply chain processes. Thus, important issues in risk management concern how individuals and institutions understand, experience, and make choices in reference to certain real or perceived threats. In this chapter, we posit that grid and group theory can be a useful tool to gain insight in conflicting values of risk and the consequences of these conflicting values for supply chain processes.

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  • Jon M. Loffi & Ryan J. Wallace & Edward L. Harris, 2015. "An Examination of Global Supply Chain Security Through the Lens of Grid and Group Theory," Springer Books, in: Andrew R. Thomas & Sebastian Vaduva (ed.), Global Supply Chain Security, edition 127, pages 69-80, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4939-2178-2_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2178-2_5
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