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Surfing the Tides of Political Tumult: Supply Chain Risk Management in an Age of Governmental Turbulence

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While the dominant focus in discussions of supply chain risk management has been on dyadic relationships, even a very cursory familiarity with global events should serve to make it clear that business interests are profoundly impacted by politics, and the speed and frequency of the shifting political tides are expanding at a pace that is almost unimaginable.

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Smith, M.E. (2019). Surfing the Tides of Political Tumult: Supply Chain Risk Management in an Age of Governmental Turbulence. In: Zsidisin, G., Henke, M. (eds) Revisiting Supply Chain Risk. Springer Series in Supply Chain Management, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03813-7_26

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