Risk Uncertainty and Supply Chain Decisions: A Real Options Perspective

被引:139
作者
Hult, G. Tomas M. [1 ]
Craighead, Christopher W. [2 ]
Ketchen, David J., Jr. [3 ]
机构
[1] Michigan State Univ, Eli Broad Grad Sch Management, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[2] Penn State Univ, Smeal Coll Business, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[3] Auburn Univ, Coll Business, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
关键词
Postponement; Projects; Real Options Theory; Supply Chain Risk; Supply Chain Uncertainty; Survey Research; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT-MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; POSTPONEMENT; VALUATION; INVESTMENT; COMPETITIVENESS; DISRUPTIONS; COMMITMENT; ENTRY;
D O I
10.1111/j.1540-5915.2010.00276.x
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
Supply chain risk uncertainty can create severe repercussions, thus it is not surprising that research interest in supply chain risk has been growing. While extant inquiry is informative, there is a lack of investigations that center on supply chain investment decisions when facing high levels of risk uncertainty. Given the potential dollar value involved in these decisions, an understanding of how these supply chain decisions are made is of significant theoretical and practical importance. Real options theory, with its focus on decision making under conditions of uncertainty, is an appealing theoretical lens for this endeavor. In essence, real options theory asserts that managerial decisions center on creating and then exercising or not exercising certain opportunities. To date, theorizing about and investigations of real options have used firms as their focus. Not yet examined are real options within supply chains that cross firm boundaries and drive much of the competitive activity in the modern economy. Accordingly, we extend real options theory to the supply chain context by examining how different types of options are approached relative to supply chain project investments. Specifically, we theorize how the options will be related to perceived value under conditions of high supply chain risk uncertainty. Overall, our investigation builds knowledge by extending real options theory to the supply chain context and by providing evidence suggesting some options operate differently in supply chains than they do in firms.
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页码:435 / 458
页数:24
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