GVC vulnerability to disruption

Bliemel, M; Wixted, B; Roos, G

GVC vulnerability to disruption

Bliemel, M

Wixted, B Roos, G

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Citation:: The Routledge Companion to Global Value Chains, 2021
Issue Date:: 2021-09-16

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dc.contributor.author	Bliemel, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5160-0888
dc.contributor.author	Wixted, B
dc.contributor.author	Roos, G
dc.contributor.editor	Agarwal, R
dc.contributor.editor	Bajada, C
dc.contributor.editor	Green, R
dc.contributor.editor	Skellern, K
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-17T01:44:59Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-17T01:44:59Z
dc.date.issued	2021-09-16
dc.identifier.citation	The Routledge Companion to Global Value Chains, 2021
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/150614
dc.description.abstract	Despite the benefits of modularisation and highly interconnected global value chains (GVCs), recent natural disasters have provided evidence that global supply chains can be quite vulnerable to interruptions. Risks in supply chains leading to interruption are not limited to natural disasters and can include fires and financial ruin (see Natarajarathinam et al., 2009). Simchi-Levi et al. (2014) have recently suggested it is the low-end commodity producers that expose highervalue system integrators to the greatest risks. For example, the Thai floods in 2011 disrupted electronics and auto supply chains across the globe – particularly affecting hard drive supplies (Tibken, 2011). Likewise, the Japanese earthquake in 2011 disrupted auto production from Japan to North America to Sweden (Glinton, 2011), as discussed in a National Public Radio interview between Glinton (interviewer) and Handler (auto industry expert).
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Routledge
dc.relation.ispartof	The Routledge Companion to Global Value Chains
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.4324/9781315225661-25
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dc.title	GVC vulnerability to disruption
dc.type	Chapter
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Abstract:

Despite the benefits of modularisation and highly interconnected global value chains (GVCs), recent natural disasters have provided evidence that global supply chains can be quite vulnerable to interruptions. Risks in supply chains leading to interruption are not limited to natural disasters and can include fires and financial ruin (see Natarajarathinam et al., 2009). Simchi-Levi et al. (2014) have recently suggested it is the low-end commodity producers that expose highervalue system integrators to the greatest risks. For example, the Thai floods in 2011 disrupted electronics and auto supply chains across the globe – particularly affecting hard drive supplies (Tibken, 2011). Likewise, the Japanese earthquake in 2011 disrupted auto production from Japan to North America to Sweden (Glinton, 2011), as discussed in a National Public Radio interview between Glinton (interviewer) and Handler (auto industry expert).

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