Exploring the link between the humanitarian logistician and training needs

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-148

  Marie Allen, Ann ^a   Kovács, Gyöngyi ^b   Masini, Andrea ^c   Vaillancourt, Alain ^b   Van Wassenhove, Luk ^a  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Career path; Education; Humanitarian logistics; Logistics skills; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926394052     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JHLSCM-10-2012-0033     Document Type: Article

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