Antecedents of proactive supply chain risk management - a contingency theory perspective

Since supplier insolvencies are a major source of supply chain disruptions, scholars have continuously suggested managing supply chain risk management (SCRM) proactively in order to avoid their occurrence. However, business practice seems to fail with this task. This paper investigates antecedents w...

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Published inInternational journal of production research Vol. 51; no. 10; pp. 2842 - 2867
Main Authors Grötsch, Volker M., Blome, Constantin, Schleper, Martin C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 01.05.2013
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
buyer-supplier relationships
Content analysis
Contingency
contingency theory
Crashworthiness
Insolvency
Management
Management accounting
management control systems
Management controls
multi-method
Operations research
Risk
Risk management
Studies
Suppliers
Supply chain management
supply chain risk management
Supply chains
Vendor supplier relations
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Summary:Since supplier insolvencies are a major source of supply chain disruptions, scholars have continuously suggested managing supply chain risk management (SCRM) proactively in order to avoid their occurrence. However, business practice seems to fail with this task. This paper investigates antecedents which foster proactive SCRM implementation from a contingency theory perspective. As a major contingency we choose past supplier insolvencies as an indicator for the level of vulnerability of organisations and investigate inter-organisational, intra-organisational, and individual antecedents. By consulting supply chain management and management accounting literature, hypotheses are developed and tested via content analysis in 63 interviews with representatives from the automotive industry. The findings demonstrate that a mechanistic management control system, a rational cognitive style and relational buyer-supplier relationships have positive impacts on proactively managing supplier insolvency risks. Furthermore, past experience with supplier insolvencies has a moderating, though not a direct, effect on proactiveness. This research suggests that a holistic risk management approach is required to proactively mitigate supplier insolvency risk.
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ISSN:0020-7543
1366-588X
DOI:10.1080/00207543.2012.746796