Explanation of factors affecting supply risk management in automotive industry supply chain: A Grounded Theory

نویسندگان

1 Ph.D. Student, Allame Tabatabaei University, Tehran,Iran

2 Prof., Allame Tabatabaei University, Tehran,Iran

3 Associate Prof., Allame Tabatabaei University, Tehran,Iran

4 Prof., Allame Tabatabaei University, Tehran,Iran

doi
10.22059/imj.2014.50699
چکیده

 This article aims to identify what and how factors influence management of supply risk in automotive industry supply chain. Based on grounded theory and 13qualitative in-depth interviews with 10 managers in Iran's automotive industry supply chain, a theoretical framework is developed to examine antecedents and effective factors of this process. This framework suggests a broad range of factors causing an automobile manufacturer to manage the supply risk. These factors are called perceptual-attributive factors. In addition varied contextual and intervening factors are affecting automobile manufacturer decisions thereby guiding their actions/reactions in this process. Such factors are categorized as bedder factors and contingency factors.