Unity of purpose/unity of effort: Private-sector preparedness in times of terror

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 666-680

  Alavosius, Mark P ^a   Houmanfar, Ramona ^b   Rodriquez, Nischal J ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Private sector organizations; State security; Systems analysis; Terrorism; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344451995     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560510634098     Document Type: Article

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