The role of digital platforms in e-commerce food supply chain resilience under exogenous disruptions
Arunpreet Singh Suali,
Jagjit Singh Srai,
Naoum Tsolakis
Abstract:Purpose
Operational risks can cause considerable, atypical disturbances and impact food supply chain (SC) resilience. Indicatively, the COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruptions in the UK food services as nationwide stockouts led to unprecedented discrepancies between retail and home-delivery supply capacity and demand. To this effect, this study aims to examine the emergence of digital platforms as an innovative instrument for food SC resilience in severe market disruptions.
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