Humanitarian supply chain strategies – a review of how actors mitigate supply chain risks
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2042-6747
DOI: 10.1108/jhlscm-12-2016-0043