Analyzing the barriers to humanitarian supply chain management: A case study of the Tehran Red Crescent Societies

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 24, Issue , 2017, Pages 232-241

  Ghasemian Sahebi, Iman ^a   Arab, Alireza ^a   Sadeghi Moghadam, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Barrier; Best Worst Method; Fuzzy Delphi; Humanitarian supply chain; Relief management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021103027     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.05.017     Document Type: Article

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