The Palgrave Handbook Of Humanitarian Logistics And Supply Chain Management
by Gyöngyi Kovács /
2017 / English / PDF
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Focusing on the specific challenges of research design and
exploring the opportunities of conducting research in
humanitarian logistics and supply chain management, this handbook
is a significant contribution to future research. Chapters
include extensive descriptions of methods used, highlighting
their advantages and disadvantages, and the challenges in
scoping, sampling, collecting and analysing data, as well as
ensuring the quality of studies. Covering a wide variety of
topics including risk and resilience and the impact of
humanitarian logistics on capacity building, sustainability and
the local economy, it also explores the need for scalability and
co-ordination in the humanitarian network. Contributors provide
important insight on future directions and offer crucial guidance
for researchers conducting projects within the field.
Focusing on the specific challenges of research design and
exploring the opportunities of conducting research in
humanitarian logistics and supply chain management, this handbook
is a significant contribution to future research. Chapters
include extensive descriptions of methods used, highlighting
their advantages and disadvantages, and the challenges in
scoping, sampling, collecting and analysing data, as well as
ensuring the quality of studies. Covering a wide variety of
topics including risk and resilience and the impact of
humanitarian logistics on capacity building, sustainability and
the local economy, it also explores the need for scalability and
co-ordination in the humanitarian network. Contributors provide
important insight on future directions and offer crucial guidance
for researchers conducting projects within the field.
