A study on risk of knowledge management for the supply chain in mergers and acquisitions: An empirical analysis in Yangtze River Delta of China

Author

Ma, Lin ; Nie, Fengying

Author_Institution

Bus. Sch., Ningbo Univ., Ningbo, China

fYear

2009

fDate

2-6 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1649

Lastpage

1658

Abstract

In the current financial crisis, the business risk has been exacerbated. Mergers and acquisitions has become a hot issue. In knowledge management process of the mergers and acquisitions, Corporate concerns are about the risks of knowledge management in supply chain. This paper aims to develop a qualitative risk model with the data of Yangtze River Delta of China, to empirically identify the important risk factors of knowledge management for the supply chain logistics in mergers and acquisitions. Starting with the importance of knowledge management risks in supply chain logistics, then, paper proposed an optimization of the risk management process, a new paradigm for risk of knowledge management in supply chain planning and logistics control system is required in mergers based on risk management theory.

Keywords

knowledge management; optimisation; production planning; risk management; supply chain management; financial crisis; knowledge management; qualitative risk model; risk management process optimization; supply chain logistics; supply chain planning; Corporate acquisitions; Humans; Knowledge management; Logistics; Planning; Risk analysis; Risk management; Rivers; Supply chain management; Supply chains;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering & Technology, 2009. PICMET 2009. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

978-1-890843-20-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-890843-20-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261963

Filename

5261963