Humanitarian logistics and supply chain management: The start of a new journal

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-14

  Kovács, Gyöngyi ^a   Spens, Karen M ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Humanitarian logistics; Research work; Serials; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859782511     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20426741111123041     Document Type: Article

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