Disaster business continuity: Promoting staff capability

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-133

  Paton, Douglas ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contingency planning; Disaster management; Disaster recovery; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145213     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653569910266175     Document Type: Article

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