Business return in New Orleans: Decision making amid post-Katrina uncertainty

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Lam, Nina S N ^a   Pace, Kelley ^a   Campanella, Richard ^b   LeSage, James ^c   Arenas, Helbert ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MASS COMMUNICATION; POLICY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; HURRICANE; ORGANIZATION; UNCERTAINTY;

COMMERCE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; LOUISIANA; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 69449083132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006765     Document Type: Article

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