Causes and Effects of Supply Chain Disruptions
Causes and Effects of Supply Chain Disruptions Inaugural Dissertation for Obtainment of the Degree Doctor rerum politicarum (DR. RER. POL.) Submitted to: Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung (WHU) – Otto-Beisheim-Hochschule – By: Christoph Bode Grubachweg 9a, 88131 Lindau Referee: Prof. Dr. Stephan M. Wagner Chair of Logistics Management Department of Management, Technology, and Economics Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Co-Referee: Prof. Dr. Lutz Kaufmann Chair of International Business & Supply Management WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management Vallendar, August 2008 Acknowledgements The successful completion of this dissertation required support from many people. Foremost, I wish to express my deep gratitude to my academic advisor Prof. Dr. Stephan M. Wagner for giving me the possibility to work in the excellent and stimulating academic environment of his team at WHU. His continuous support, guidance, and encouragement were invaluable for my doctoral studies. I also appreciate the effort of Prof. Dr. Lutz Kaufmann for serving as secondary advisor and for his insightful comments and suggestions. I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Lisa M. Ellram and Prof. Dr. Kenneth J. Petersen for inviting me to Colorado State University and for providing excellent advice, particularly on Chapter 4 of the dissertation. I owe a great debt of gratitude to the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAS) who graciously provided me with a doctoral scholarship. Special thanks go to my roommate Dr. Eckhard Lindemann, not only for the many valuable discussions, but, particularly, for the great time during the last years. Likewise, I want to thank Pan Theo Große-Ruyken, René Kemmerling, Dr. Philipp Koziol, Christian Rau, Dr.
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