2010/03/25 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Decentralized humanitarian aid supply chains are better

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Decentralization, pre-positioning and pooling of relief items are key success factors for dramatic improvements in humanitarian operations performance in disaster response and recovery. [ ... ]

2010/01/13 THIS and THAT

Resilience Lessons from the Haiti Earthquake

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The recent earthquake in Haiti is a poignant reminder of how vulnerable a country is when it is facing disaster on a grand scale. [ ... ]

2009/12/22 THIS and THAT

Happy Holidelays!

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We rarely see news flashes of truck drivers stuck in snow, or perishable goods that has to be scrapped. That is not news that sells. What does sell are passengers and people, but should they really count so much? [ ... ]

2009/12/21 BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS

HBR on Crisis Management

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The closure of SAAB is a major crisis by all standards, and is a fitting reminder that this 10-year old book will never go put of date. Why and how do some companies survive, and some not? This book sheds some light on this. Close calls and near misses are not unusual in the business world, but how do companies deal with them? [ ... ]