With her work, Irène Kilubi builds a bridge between two areas of
business research, on the one hand the supply chain management, and on
the other hand innovation and technology management. In the context of
her work, she proposes to expand the usual instruments of supply chain
risk management by strategic technology partnerships, which not only
provide procurement alternatives but also the possibility to develop
technological alternatives at short notice. More precisely, she
advocates that the capabilities needed for STP serve as enablers for
effective SCRM. Accordingly, connections between supply chain risk
management and strategic technology partnering are presented and a
conceptual framework is correspondingly created.