Fleet management policies for humanitarian organizations: Beyond the utilization-residual value trade-off

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-12

  Eftekhar, Mahyar ^a   Van Wassenhove, Luk N ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Empirical analysis; Fleet management; Humanitarian development programs; Trade off

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLEET OPERATIONS;

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLEET MANAGEMENT; FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES; GOOD AND SERVICES; HUMANITARIAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM; LAST MILE; MANAGEMENT POLICY; RESIDUAL VALUE; TRADE OFF;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 84974577122     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: 18731317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2016.03.008     Document Type: Article

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