Building humanitarian supply chain relationships: lessons from leading practitioners

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-49

  McLachlin, Ron ^a   Larson, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel relationships; Humanitarian logistics; Narratives; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876210575     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20426741111122402     Document Type: Article

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