Introduction to the special issue on humanitarian applications: Doing good with good OR

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Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-222

  Ergun, Özlem ^a   Keskinocak, Pinar ^a   Swann, Julie ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster preparedness; Humanitarian; Public sector; Societal impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959980151     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1110.0578     Document Type: Review

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