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Assessing the Impact of Various Mitigation Strategies

Unfortunately, there is no silver-bullet strategy for protecting organizational supply chains. Instead, managers need to know which mitigation strategy works best against a given risk. (Systems risk and intellectual property risks are not included here.)

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