Engaging donors in smart compassion: USAID CIDI’s Greatest Good Donation Calculator

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 95-112

  Özpolat, Koray ^a   Rilling, Juanita ^b   Altay, Nezih ^c   Chavez, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Donations calculator; Federal government academia collaboration; Game like decision tool; Humanitarian logistics; Simulation; Unsolicited material donations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958757587     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JHLSCM-11-2013-0041     Document Type: Article

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