Tradeoffs among Attributes of Resources in Humanitarian Operations: Evidence from United States Navy

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 1071-1090

  Apte, Aruna ^a   Bacolod, Marigee ^a   Carmichael, Ryan ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b USTRANSCOM   (United States)

Author keywords

factor analysis; humanitarian logistics; United States Navy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85078829806     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.13154     Document Type: Article

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