Peer-reviewed· Operations
Redundancy Is Not Waste: Supplier Diversification and Firm Survival
Firms with dual-sourced critical inputs were 31% less likely to report material losses during the 2021–2024 disruptions.
Prof. Mei TanakaKeio University19 min readDOI 10.5555/bpj.2026.118
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For more than a decade, executives have been told that the next platform, the next suite of tools, or the next wave of automation would finally lift productivity. The evidence assembled here suggests a more uncomfortable reading: the technology rarely fails on its own terms. What fails is the organisational scaffolding around it.
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