Advocacy to promote logistics in humanitarian aid

Management Research News

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1081-1089

  Whiting, Michael C ^a   Ayala Öström, Beatriz E ^b  

^a Global Logistics and Supply Chain Solutions Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Interconsult and Partners   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid agencies; Disasters; Performance management; Service improvements; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350376722     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170910998309     Document Type: Article

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