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Purpose: The Russia–Ukraine war has disrupted the wheat supply worldwide. Given that wheat is one of the most important agri-food products in the world, it is necessary to pay attention to the wheat supply chain during the global crises. The use of resilience strategies is one of the solutions to face the supply chain disruptions. In addition, there is a possibility of multiple crises occurring in global societies simultaneously. Design/methodology/approach: In this research, the resilience strategies of backup suppliers (BS) and inventory pre-prepositioning (IP) were discussed in order to cope with the wheat supply chain disruptions. Furthermore, the p-Robust Scenario-based Stochastic Programming (PRSSP) approach was used to optimize the wheat supply chain under conditions of disruptions from two perspectives, feasibility and optimality. Findings: After implementing the problem of a real case in Iran, the results showed that the use of resilience strategy reduced costs by 9.33%. It was also found that if resilience strategies were used, system's flexibility and decision-making power increased. Besides, the results indicated that if resilience strategies were used and another crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic occurred, supply chain costs would increase less than when resilience strategies were not used. Originality/value: In this study, the design of the wheat supply chain was discussed according to the wheat supply disruptions due to the Russia–Ukraine war and its implementation on a real case. In the following, various resilience strategies were used to cope with the wheat supply chain disruptions. Finally, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wheat supply chain in the conditions of disruptions caused by the Russia–Ukraine war was investigated. © 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited.
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Since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, tour operators have been going through uncertain times as they depend directly on supply-side (e.g. airlines, hotels) and demand-side (e.g. tourists) of tourism as well as on destination management organizations. This study explores resilience strategies made by tour operators in Bangladesh that ultimately helped them survive through the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on qualitative semi-structured interviews with 25 tour operators, findings of the study show that resilience-building depends not only on strategies of tour operators but also on supports from external agencies. The study further shows that a multi-dimensional understanding of resilience strategies is essential in tourism research and proposes that the resilience-building of tour operators can be conceptualized as a three-dimensional mechanism including innate resilience, internally-induced resilience, and externally-induced resilience. The study would facilitate improved resilience strategy and informed policymaking to better address uncertainties during and after a major crisis for tour operators.
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This chapter emphasizes the importance not only of why we need resilient cities but also of how we can implement resilient strategies in cities. It examines the various steps the city has taken: through its creation of the Chief Resilience Officer role in 2014, its climate adaptation programme, the release of the first documented resilience strategy, and its formerly assigning resilience as a governmental responsibility, among other things. The chapter looks at the post-pandemic steps the city has taken, the updating of resilience strategy, and the Seven City projects, which aim to boost the economy and liveability, with a focus on green infrastructure and climate adaptation and creating jobs and attracting businesses. The COVID-19 crisis has focused the minds of local governments in the USA and Europe on the need to build resilience into their recovery strategies. Cities are seeing their digitalization planning as a way of supporting and driving a resilience strategy. © 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Entrepreneurship is crucial for the global economy, as it helps ideas develop from the drawing board to an executable stage. An excellent economic state of a country is the outcome of a well-designed system where the stakeholders interact with each other towards innovation and social development. This study is an empirical investigation into the COVID pandemic and its effects on the Indian entrepreneurial eco-system. Primary data was collected from 155 entrepreneurs of India, who were independent and first movers of entrepreneurs in their family during COVID times. Poor planning, exhausting resources, a slowdown in productivity, lower employment, and employee retention were the after-effects of the pandemic. It was found that the pandemic negatively affected the entrepreneurial ecosystem and its stakeholders. However, constant support by the government and well-designed policy measures would help assist existing businesses affected due to COVID-19 and encourage the entrepreneurial future in India. Copyright © 2022, IGI Global.
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The Smart City concept for many years has relied on the principals of stainable development and implementing of information and communication technologies (ICT) for city services. With the COVID pandemic the paradigm shifted tremendously and the city governments, as well as scientists have to focus more on resilience strategies. The city managers now should make their decisions in conditions of limited information, unavailability to see and plan future development, maintain "what if"analysis to predict the results.Considering the Smart City as a complex system the new approach and digital platform that combines both sustainable and resilient modes of behavior are presented. This platform allows to perform normally in a sustainable mode and react adaptively when unpredictable events occur in the resilient mode. © 2022 IEEE.
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COVID-19 has shocked global humanity and forced the world for continued lockdown and sudden economic turmoil. The oil and gas (O&G) sectors has experienced a nearly catastrophic besides undergoing supply-demand stalemate and free fall of crude price. Such an unbalance has impacted the supply chain of the O&G industry, having diverse ‘Hotspots.’Besides the growth of green energy, the oil sector contributes significantly to the energy security for the majority of the countries. Hence, the O&G sector needs to consider resilience strategies against such hotspots critically. This research has identified such critical hotspots and analyzed their moderation by developing a STELLA software model with system dynamics (SD) approach. The SD model is simulated with the data input of crude price, forecast demand, and strategy for the upcoming fiscal years. The Indian O&G sector is chosen as a case study;however, globally, the uniformity of the oil and gas supply chain could be effectively applied. The results indicate a drastic decline in production, revenue, sustainability, and net profits, though the critical resilience strategies are suggested. Despite a comprehensive exhibit of difficulties, the oil industry is expected to stay innovative, resilient, and compelling and eventually balances the slump as economic situations improve. IEEE
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This study examined the business resilience practices of engineering construction companies in Thailand as their strategy for survival and pandemic recovery. It also looked into the profile of the key informants and investigated their experiences on their business resilience practices. It also looked into the support strategies of engineering associations in Thailand for their members to enable them to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was conducted in Thailand, and it applied the case study research design. Findings show that some dimensions of business resilience are being practiced by engineering firms. The Thai engineering associations revealed that their members are shifting to digitalization, and they offered them technical webinars. It can be concluded that the selected Thai engineering construction firms practice business resilience. It is recommended that the engineering construction companies in Thailand should adopt the innovative business resilience strategies proposed in this study. © ASCE.