Supply network disruption and resilience: A network structural perspective

Abstract Increasingly, scholars recognize the importance of understanding supply network disruptions . However, the literature still lacks a clear conceptualization of a network‐level understanding of supply disruptions. Not having a network level understanding of supply disruptions prevents firms from fully mitigating the negative effects of a supply disruption. Graph theory helps to conceptualize a supply network and differentiate between disruptions at the node/arc level vs. network level. The structure of a supply network consists of a collection of nodes (facilities) and the connecting arcs (transportation). From this perspective, small events that disrupt a node or arc in the network can have major…