Make-or-buy decisions in crisis response operations: Outsourcing logistics during the sustainment phase in a crisis response supply chain

Abstract

this research approaches logistics outsourcing in crisis response operations from a supply chain management point of view. The aim of this thesis is to describe the influence factors on make-or-buy decisions with regad to logistics during the sustainment phase of a crisis response supply chain by comparing outsourcing logistics theory with crisis response supply chains in practice.