Mitigating supply chain disruption: The importance of top management support to collaboration and flexibility

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-414

  Hanna, Joe B ^a   Skipper, Joseph B ^b   Hall, Dianne ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Contingency planning; Coordination; Crisis management; Extreme event planning; Flexibility; Information technology; Supply chain disruption; Supply chain management; Top management support

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952151742     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2010.032944     Document Type: Article

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