Ripple effect and supply chain disruption management: new trends and research directions
该特刊综述了供应链涟漪效应的最新研究，涵盖建模、评估与管理方法，并指出新冠疫情、供应链生存能力等新情境下的研究方向，适合关注供应链中断与韧性的学者。
Ripple effect is a specific area of SC disruptions and a strong stressor to SC resilience. Research on the ripple effect analyses how one or more disruptive events propagate through the SC and impact its resilience and performance. The phenomenon of the ripple effect, immensely existing in practice, has received great research interest in recent years. Ripple effect management, modelling and assessment became visible research avenues with a growing number and scope of contributions. This Special Issue presents recent developments on the ripple effect in SCs. The Special Issue focuses on studies that address the ripple effect and provide a comprehensive picture of the state of the art and future perspectives. The methodologies comprise of mathematical optimisation, simulation, game theory, control theoretic, data-driven analytics, network complexity, reliability theory research, and empirical research. Even though a variety of valuable insights have been developed in this area in recent years, new research avenues and ripple effect taxonomies are identified for further exploring the ripple effect in the settings of the COVID-19 pandemic, SC viability, viable SC model, and reconfigurable SCs.