Fragile food supply chains: Reacting to risks

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 395-410

  Dani, Samir ^a   Deep, Aman ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food supply chain; Reactionary risk control; Supply chain risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957695457     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2010.518564     Document Type: Article

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