Strategizing humanitarian logistics: The challenge of collective action

Problems and Perspectives in Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-107

  Chandes, Jérôme ^a,b   Paché, Gilles ^a,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Department of the NGO Cooperación Logística Solidaria ^*  (Peru)

^c University de la Mediterranée   (France)

Author keywords

Collective strategy; Humanitarian logistics; Relief chain; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891884217     PISSN: 17277051     EISSN: 18105467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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