Managing Business Disruption
Professional Training
The Collaborative for Disaster Mitigation at San Jose State University will begin offering classes for a Masters in Public Administration in Emergency Management in Fall 2004.
Sonoma State University is beginning to offer classes for a Leadership in Emergency and Disaster Management Certificate program starting with Spring 2004.
Other Resources:
Institute for Building and Home Safety and U.S. Small Business Administration - Open for Business - A Disaster Planning Toolkit (1999) and Getting Back to Business - A Guide for the Small Business Owner Following Disaster (2002).
Public Entity Risk Institute - Organizations at Risk: What Happens When Small Businesses and Not-for-Profits Encounter Natural Disasters - (Alesch and others, 2001).
Public Entity Risk Institute - After the Disaster: Information to Help Small Business Owners Make Post-Disaster Business Decisions - (Alesch and others, 2002).
 

Tierney, Kathleen and James Dahlhamer. 1998. "Business Disruption, Preparedness, and Recovery: Lessons from the Northridge Earthquake." Pp. IV - 171-178 in Proceedings of the NEHRP Conference and Workshop on Research on the Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17, 1994. Richmond, CA: California Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering. - Link to CUREE Web Site to order this publication.

 

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