Coordination in humanitarian relief chains: chain coordinators

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-103

  Akhtar, P ^a   Marr, N E ^a   Garnevska, E V ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chain coordinators; Challenges; Competences; Coordination success; horizontal; Humanitarian chains; Humanitarian logistics; Interviews; Supply chain management; Vertical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896901969     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20426741211226019     Document Type: Article

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