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Equity in Health and Humanitarian Logistics : A Beneficiary Perspective
Breugem, Thomas; Fan, Yu; Gernert, Andreas; Van … - 2023
In recent years, academics and health and humanitarian organizations are calling for ‘people-centered’ approaches, making beneficiaries’ preferences central to decisions making. While substantial progress has been made in capturing beneficiaries’ needs in resource allocation models, the...
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Post-disaster Corporate Inventory Stockpiling : Evidence from Natural Disasters
Cho, Seunghyun; Jung, Boochun; Silva, Felipe Bastos G.; … - 2023
We examine whether managers stockpile excess inventory after experiencing natural disasters. Using major disasters in the U.S. between 1993 and 2018, we document that firms located within a disaster area stockpile excess inventory after experiencing a disaster. The effect is stronger when a...
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Supply Chain Framework for Managing Natural Disasters : Batticaloa District
Abarajithan, William - 2013
Unexpected natural disasters cause incalculable loss of property and lives worldwide every year. Sri Lanka has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods, tsunamis, tropical storms, landslides, drought, and earthquakes have been...
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Donations in Humanitarian Operations : Earmarking, Competition, and Joint Fundraising
Aflaki, Arian; Pedraza Martinez, Alfonso - 2021
Problem definition: A staggering proportion of humanitarian donations are designated for a particular purpose, i.e., earmarked. While earmarking increases donors' willingness to donate, it hurts the operational performance of humanitarian organizations (HOs) because it limits their flexibility...
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Process improvement in humanitarian operations: an organisational theory perspective
Larson, Paul D.; Foropon, Cyril - In: International journal of production research 56 (2018) 21, pp. 6828-6841
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Emerging logistics during humanitarian crisis
Kakouris, Andreas P.; Finos, Panagiotis K. - In: International journal of decision sciences, risk and … 6 (2015) 2, pp. 187-199
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Introduction to the special issue on humanitarian operations and crisis management
Starr, Martin Kenneth; Van Wassenhove, Luk N. - In: Production and operations management : an international … 23 (2014) 6, pp. 925-937
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Earthquake decision-making tool for humanitarian logistics network : an application in Popayan, Colombia
Paz-Orozco, Helmer; De Brito, Irineu; Chong, Mario; … - In: Logistics 7 (2023) 4, pp. 1-18
Background: This study presents a comprehensive methodology for enhancing humanitarian logistics planning and … comprehensive view of the logistics system's response capacity to different disaster conditions and magnitudes. Results: The results … traditional humanitarian logistics approaches. Moreover, it led to a more equitable coverage of affected communities, with a 25 …
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Logistische Optionen für eine nachhaltige Versorgung von Subsahara-Afrika : ein Beitrag zur Humanitären Logistik
Blome, Hendrik - 2016
social challenges in Africa are not least due to insufficient logistics systems. In addition to inadequate conditions of … physical transport infrastructures, the institutional framework is in particular creating obstacles to functioning logistics …, intangible infrastructures are challenging. The offer in the field of education and training in logistics is insufficient; also …
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Sustainable humanitarian operations : an integrated perspective
Corbett, Charles J.; Pedraza-Martinez, Alfonso J.; Van … - In: Production and operations management : the flagship … 31 (2022) 12, pp. 4393-4406
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