Analyzing drivers and barriers of coordination in humanitarian supply chain management under fuzzy environment

Benchmarking

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 559-587

  Kabra, Gaurav ^a   Ramesh, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Barriers; Coordination; Drivers; Fuzzy TOPSIS; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928338116     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BIJ-05-2014-0041     Document Type: Article

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