Humanitarian and disaster relief supply chains: A matter of life and death

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 21-36

  Day, Jamison M ^a   Melnyk, Steven A ^b   Larson, Paul D ^c   Davis, Edward W ^d   Whybark, D Clay ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Humanitarian; Logistics; Recovery; Relief planning; Response; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859904711     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2012.03267.x     Document Type: Article

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