Performance measurement in humanitarian supply chains

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-45

  Van Der Laan, E A ^a   De Brito, M P ^b   Vergunst, D A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Humanitarian supply chain management; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650494620     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2009.026388     Document Type: Article

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