Mutual and Interactive Vulnerability in Supply Chain Dyads

Abstract

The objective is to describe the mutual and interactive features of vulnerability in supply chain dyads. This research applies a dyadic approach to the vulnerability construct in supply chain dyads. The study was performed as a survey directed to a VM and its most important national and international suppliers. There are some differences between the dyadic perceptions of the VM and its suppliers in terms of service levels, deviations and consequences. These dyadic perceptions are to some extent mutual, but hardly interactive. It is concluded that the mutual and interactive vulnerability are rather moderate in the studied supply chain dyads. A contribution is the emphasis on inherent components, interfaces and dependencies of vulnerability in supply chain dyads and supply chains. This research has contributed methodologically to the empirical measurement and evaluation of mutual and interactive vulnerability in supply chain dyads, which has not been explored simultaneously in previous research of the vulnerability construct.