Dahlhamer, James M.Reshaur, Lisa2005-03-202005-03-201996http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/648While a great number of studies in the field of disaster research have focused on the preparedness activities of individuals, households, and public sector organizations, few empirical analyses of business disaster preparedness have been conducted. In his exhaustive review of the disaster literature, Drabek (1986) noted "the entire matter of disaster planning within the private sector merits extensive study so as to permit documentation of the range of variation and its determinants"(30). Although the last ten years have seen an increasing interest in the area of businesses and disaster, the recent proliferation of publications has focused on how to plan for and reduce disaster-related business disruption (Alesch et al. 1993). W e still know very little about the extent of actual business disaster preparedness and its determinants.1530472 bytesapplication/pdfen-USdisaster preparednessdisaster researchbusinessesnorthridge earthquakeOther