Field vehicle fleet management in humanitarian operations: A case-based approach

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 404-421

  Pedraza Martinez, Alfonso J ^a   Stapleton, Orla ^a   Van Wassenhove, Luk N ^a  

^a INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Case based; Humanitarian; Supply chain; Transportation

Indexed keywords

CASE-BASED; CASE-BASED APPROACH; CRITICAL FACTORS; FIELD RESEARCH; FLEET MANAGEMENT; HUMANITARIAN; HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS; INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION; MIDDLE EAST; NATIONAL LEVEL; OVERHEAD COSTS; RESEARCH DESIGNS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; VEHICLE FLEETS; WORLD FOOD PROGRAMS;

RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

EID: 79955060262     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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