Strategic Sourcing

George A. Zsidisin is the John W. Barriger III Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA. His research focuses on how firms assess and manage risk associated with supply disruptions and price volatility in their supply chains. Barbara Gaudenzi is Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management and Risk Management at the Department of Management at the University of Verona, Italy. She is Director of RiskMaster and LogiMaster at the University of Verona. Her research interests are, in particular, supply chain management, supply chain risk management, resilience and cyber risk in supply chains. Roberta Pellegrino is Associate Professor in Management Engineering at Department of Mechanics Mathematics and Management, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy. Her main research interests are on supply chain risk management and resilience, public-private partnership, real options theory and other topics in the field of management engineering.

• Chapter 1: Strategic Sourcing as an Enabler Of Supply Chain Risk Management.- Chapter 2: Supply Chain Risk and Organization Vulnerability.- Chapter 3: Decision Analysis Techniques in Supply Risk Assessment.- Chapter 4: Managing Supply Chain Risk During the Strategic Sourcing Process.- Chapter 5: Beyond Strategic Sourcing.