Private goods and services contracts: Increased emergency response capacity or increased vulnerability?

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-56

  Egan, M Jude ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damages; Disaster response; Force majeure; Private supply contract enforcement

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT PART; CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS; DAMAGES; DISASTER RESPONSE; EFFICIENCY GAIN; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS; FORCE MAJEURE; IT SUBJECT; PRIVATE CONTRACTORS; PUBLIC GOODS; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC-PRIVATE; SUPPLY CONTRACTS; SYSTEM FAILURES;

CONTRACTORS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 77955716787     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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