Manufacturing

How intertwined supply chains can lead to economic shocks, and why we must protect against it

Supply chains can spread and amplify shocks caused by natural disasters Image: REUTERS/John Sommers

Petr Matous
Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering and IT, , University of Sydney
Yuzuka Kashiwagi
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellow and PhD student, , Waseda University
Yasuyuki Todo
Professor in the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, , Waseda University
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