Towards a humanitarian logistics knowledge management system

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-26

  Tatham, Peter ^a   Spens, Karen ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Distribution management; Knowledge management; Man made disasters; Natural disasters; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952286216     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653561111111054     Document Type: Article

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