Buttressing supply chains against floods in Asia for humanitarian relief and economic recovery

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 938-950

  Sodhi, Manmohan S ^a   Tang, Christopher S ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

buttressed supply chains; disaster relief; floods; humanitarian relief; natural disasters; social enterprise; supply chain design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902535816     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12111     Document Type: Article

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