Show Me What You Do and I Will Tell You Who You Are: A Cluster Typology of Supply Chain Risk Management in SMEs
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background
2.1. Digital Transformation and Supply Chain
2.2. Risk Management in Supply Chains in SMEs
2.3. Risk Management and Innovation Performance in SMEs
3. Research Methodology
3.1. Data Collection and Questionnaire
3.2. Cluster Analysis
3.3. Verifying the Accuracy of the Clustering Process
4. Results
Typology of SME’s Risk Management
- Cluster 1 (Collective risk eliminators)
- Cluster 2 (Collective playing it safe seekers)
- Cluster 3 (Collective risk-ignoring knights of fortune)
- Cluster 4 (Collective neglecting imperturbable ones)
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Function | Canonical Correlation | Eigenvalue | Variance | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Prop. | Cumulative | |||
1 | 0.873 | 3.201 | 0.5581 | 0.5581 |
2 | 0.824 | 2.117 | 0.3690 | 0.9271 |
3 | 0.543 | 0.418 | 0.0729 | 1.0000 |
Test of Function | Wilks’ Lambda | F | df1 | df2 | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0.0538 | 15.703 | 51 | 480.1 | 0.000 |
2 | 0.2262 | 11.162 | 32 | 324.0 | 0.000 |
3 | 0.7052 | 4.543 | 15 | 163.0 | 0.000 |
Predicted Group Membership | ||||||
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Cluster | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
Count | 1 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 68 |
2 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 49 | |
3 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 51 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | |
Percentage | 1 | 85.3 | 13.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
2 | 14.3 | 81.6 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 100.0 | |
3 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 86.3 | 3.9 | 100.0 | |
4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Characteristics | Cluster | ||||
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Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Cluster 4 | ||
(Note N = 181) | n = 68 | n = 49 | n = 51 | n = 13 | |
Frequency of crisis | 1.76 | 1.69 | 1.96 | 1.87 | |
Level of risk impact | 3.56 | 3.84 | 3.18 | 3.91 | |
Risk assessment | 2.37 | 2.93 | 2.15 | 2.67 | |
Perception of risks | Risks as opportunities | 3.91 | 4.08 | 4.00 | 3.54 |
Risks as threats | 4.15 | 4.45 | 3.76 | 3.85 | |
Risks are difficult to control | 2.74 | 3.04 | 3.16 | 2.69 | |
Risk can be minimized by involving SC partners | 3.56 | 3.94 | 3.59 | 3.92 | |
Risks as costs | 2.84 | 3.16 | 2.96 | 2.38 | |
Attitude towards risks | Group risk elimination with SC partners | 4.06 | 4.16 | 2.61 | 1.69 |
Risk-sharing with SC partners | 3.54 | 3.96 | 3.22 | 2.15 | |
Risk insurance | 3.46 | 3.51 | 3.08 | 2.23 | |
Self-risk elimination | 3.46 | 2.82 | 3.45 | 3.08 | |
Risk transfer to SC partner | 1.99 | 2.80 | 3.51 | 3.23 | |
Ignore risk | 1.28 | 1.59 | 3.78 | 4.85 | |
Innovation performance compared to competitors | 3.53 | 4.08 | 3.51 | 3.77 | |
Number of employees | 1.71 | 2.61 | 1.45 | 3.62 | |
Annual turnover | 1.51 | 2.78 | 1.41 | 5.08 |
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Zeiringer, J.P.; Durst, S.; Thalmann, S. Show Me What You Do and I Will Tell You Who You Are: A Cluster Typology of Supply Chain Risk Management in SMEs. J. Theor. Appl. Electron. Commer. Res. 2022, 17, 345-359. https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer17010018
Zeiringer JP, Durst S, Thalmann S. Show Me What You Do and I Will Tell You Who You Are: A Cluster Typology of Supply Chain Risk Management in SMEs. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research. 2022; 17(1):345-359. https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer17010018
Chicago/Turabian StyleZeiringer, Johannes Paul, Susanne Durst, and Stefan Thalmann. 2022. "Show Me What You Do and I Will Tell You Who You Are: A Cluster Typology of Supply Chain Risk Management in SMEs" Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 17, no. 1: 345-359. https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer17010018
APA StyleZeiringer, J. P., Durst, S., & Thalmann, S. (2022). Show Me What You Do and I Will Tell You Who You Are: A Cluster Typology of Supply Chain Risk Management in SMEs. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, 17(1), 345-359. https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer17010018