The Hormuz closure of 2026 is the largest oil supply shock in history. Two studies, published within weeks of the event, provide the rigorous assessments of the economic damage and the value of potential alternatives.
Supply Chain Management
Jensen et al. (2026) prove that supply chain resilience isn’t just about vertical collaboration with suppliers and customers. Horizontal co‑opetition among rivals is an underused lever.
The US-Israeli war on Iran, the global supply chain is no longer just under pressure — it is being reshaped.
The authors suggest that the key to effective governance lies not in sophisticated technologies or stricter compliance requirements, but in a more fundamental factor which is about empowering local communities within value chains.
Ramchandani, Bastani, and Wyatt (2025) extend the risk perspective in supply chain research to a different and sensitive domain: human trafficking risk embedded within commercial sex supply chains.
Business Science Daily — Research Analysis: Supply Chain Complexity Research Analysis 2022 By BSD Melek Akın Ateş, Robert Suurmond, Davide Luzzini, Daniel Krause Supply Chain Complexity Meta-Analysis Operational Performance Innovation Performance Financial Performance Order from Chaos: A Meta-Analysis of...
It is shown that the strategic re-organisation is not random but follows a discernible pattern of resilience-building, best understood through the lens of Panarchy theory.
Chi Wei Su, Rongrong Dong, and Meng Qin uncover a dynamic, two-way relationship between geopolitical risk and supply chain pressure. Over time, the relationship shows that tension doesn’t always break supply chains but it can also drive innovation and...
The research models international food trade as a dynamic network, where countries are nodes and trade flows are connections.