Swans and elephants: A typology to capture the challenges of food supply chain risk assessment

Louise Manning, Ian Birchmore, Wyn Morris

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Abstract

As a result of internal or external shocks, food supply chains can transition between existing regimes of assembly and planned activity to situations that are unexpected or unknown. These events can occur without warning, causing stress, shift, even collapse, and impact on business/supply chain viability.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)288-297
Number of pages10
JournalTrends in Food Science and Technology
Volume106
Early online date14 Oct 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2020

Keywords

  • Black elephant
  • Black swan
  • Grey swan
  • Risk assessment
  • Supply chain shock

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