Supply Chain Risk Management

82 • Supply Chain Risk Management: An Emerging Discipline

However, pursuing oenders can be an eective way to deter IP the, par-

ticularly if a company has the support of a foreign country and an objec-

tive court system to back these eorts. It might also be good to earn a

reputation as a company not to cross paths with.

Work with Trusted In- Country Representatives. A major risk inter-

nationally is not having a local representative that protects your interests.

is representative, who should be intimately familiar with the region

where business will occur, works in conjunction with a company’s pur-

chasing or sales oce. Many smaller companies ...