..., and planners can develop appropriate strategies for minimizing risk exposure in the event of a supply chain disruption. Keywords: Business continuity, Contingency planning,Strategic planning, Supply chain management www.emeraldinsight.com/ 10.1108/09600030910973742 International Journal...

... be contacted at: hannajb@auburn.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Supply chain management Business continuity Strategic planning Contingency planning Recent world events have highlighted the need for effective solutions to managing supply chain disruptions. For example, soon...

... attack or catastrophic food safety breaches. It provides practical and logical extension of former studies that suggest incorporating consumers, attitudes into SCM and business continuity plans. Originality/value This study leverages a common and proven marketing research approach – segmentation...

... in a way that minimizes business impact. This is normally referred to as business continuity management (BCM) and relates to those management disciplines, processes and techniques, which seek to provide the means for continuous operations of essential functions under all circumstances (Hiles and Barnes...