title: Enhancing private sector engagement: Louisiana's business emergency operations centre.
abstract: Public sector emergency management is more effective when it coordinates its efforts with private sector companies that can provide useful capabilities faster, cheaper and better than government agencies. A business emergency operations centre (EOC) provides a space for private sector and non-governmental organisations to gather together in support of government efforts. This paper reviews business-related EOC practices in multiple US states and details the development of a new business EOC by the State of Louisiana, including lessons learned in response to the May 2010 oil spill.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Louisana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. jamisonday@lsu.edu
authors.forename: Jamison M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strother
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kolluru
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Booth
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rawls
authors.forename: Andres
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calderon
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000458:organization & administration; D055867:Cyclonic Storms; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008145:Louisiana; D017146:Models, Organizational; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D017149:Private Sector; D014481:United States