Packaging in developing countries: identifying supply chain needs

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-205

  Sohrabpour, Vahid ^a   Hellström, Daniel ^a   Jahre, Marianne ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Food; Humanitarian logistics; Long term development; Packaging; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900843557     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20426741211260750     Document Type: Article

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