Resilience: The concept, a literature review and future directions

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5375-5393

  Bhamra, Ran ^a   Dani, Samir ^a,b   Burnard, Kevin ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

business continuity; disaster preparedness; literature review; resilience; risk; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CONTINUITY; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; RESILIENCE; UNCERTAINTY;

DISASTER PREVENTION;

EID: 79961175960     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.563826     Document Type: Review

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