Disaster recovery and business continuity after the 2010 flood in Pakistan: Case of small businesses

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-56

  Asgary, Ali ^a   Anjum, Muhammad Imtiaz ^a   Azimi, Nooreddin ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

2010 Pakistan flood; Business continuity; Disaster recovery; Small businesses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878413740     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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