Write for the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

[justify]Dear all,[/justify] [justify] [/justify] [justify]*APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING* [/justify] [justify] [/justify] [justify]Emerald Group Publishing is delighted to announce the launch of an exciting new journal for 2011: Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. [/justify] [justify] [/justify] Co-edited by Dr. Gyöngyi Kovács and Professor Karen Spens, Hanken School of Economics, Finland, the journal will publish state-of-the-art research in the field of humanitarian and development aid logistics and supply chain management. Logistics and supply chain management related articles in the context of disaster relief and development aid are of equal interest to the journal. The journal will publish papers based upon different methodological approaches and submissions utilizing both quantitative and qualitative approaches will therefore be welcomed. The journal will publish a range of different papers including empirical research, a call for research notes and viewpoints from practitioners. The journal will publish research on the following topics: - Humanitarian logistics - Emergency logistics - Disaster relief operations - Supply chain management in disaster relief - Development aid logistics and supply chain management - Assessing and managing supply chain vulnerability - Managing supply chain disruptions - Measuring performance in humanitarian supply chains - Decision-making in humanitarian supply chains - Knowledge management and transfer in humanitarian supply chains - Information and communication technology for humanitarian logistics - Supply chain co-operation, integration and collaboration in the humanitariansetting - Relationship management in humanitarian supply chains - Public-privatepartnerships in humanitarian logistics - Inter-organisational co-ordination across humanitarian supply chains - Crisis management - Civil-military co-operation in disaster relief - Humanitarian health care supply chains - Principles and theory of relief supply chain management - Therole of donors and volunteers in humanitarian logistics - Nonfor profit-supply chains. Submit a paper Initial submissions to Journal of Humanitarian Logisticsand Supply Chain Management should be sent to the co-editors: Dr. Gyöngyi Kovács: [[email protected]][email protected][/email] Professor Karen Spens: [[email protected]][email protected][/email] Additionally, a pdf of the call for papers and aninformation leaflet are available respectively by clicking on the following links: http://info.emeraldinsight.com/~proimg/PDFs/jhlscm_call_for_papers.pdf http://info.emeraldinsight.com/~proimg/PDFs/jhlscm_leaflet.pdf Best wishes, Zoe Zoe Sanders [i]New Launch Publisher [/i] ----------------------------------------------- Emerald Group Publishing Limited Howard House Wagon Lane Bingley BD16 1WA ------------------------------------------------- Tel: +44(0)1274 785262 Fax: +44(0)1274 785200 E-mail: [[email protected]][email protected][/email] http://www.emeraldinsight.com Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Registered Office: Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1WA United Kingdom. Registered in England No. 3080506, VAT No. GB 665 3593 06