Do all crises have to become disasters? Risk and risk mitigation

Property Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-9

  Davies, Hilary ^a   Walters, Megan ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Crisis management; Disaster recovery; Facilities management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104453     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637479810202883     Document Type: Article

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