Capabilities and competencies in humanitarian operations

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 240-258

  Apte, Aruna ^a   Gonçalves, Paulo ^b   Yoho, Keenan ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capabilities and competencies; Civil military co operation; Humanitarian logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978537454     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JHLSCM-04-2015-0020     Document Type: Article

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