This work stresses the importance of risk management in enterprises organized into networks. It is intended for scholars, graduate students, and researchers in virtual enterprises and supply
chain management. Section 1, on concepts, methods, and approaches, discusses areas such as managing IT risks in virtual enterprise networks and modeling and simulating disruptions and other
crisis events. It offers a theoretical framework for a simulation-based analysis of supply chain risk management. Section 2 covers models and applications, with material topics including
aligning product design with the supply chain, managing the risk of knowledge transfer in outsourcing organizations, and an agent-based approach to avoiding risks associated with strategic
pricing. Ponis is affiliated with the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
