The impact of R&D investment on mitigating supply chain disruptions: Empirical evidence from U.S. firms

The purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating effect of a firm's R&D investment in mitigating supply chain disruptions. We use four categories of disruption risks in a supply chain: demand, process, supply, and environmental. Building upon dynamic capability theory, we examine the relationships among a firm's R&D investment, supply chain disruption risk drivers, supply chain performance, and firm performance, using data collected from...