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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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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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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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Logistics accounts for up to 80% of the total disaster relief expenditures of humanitarian organizations. It represents … and potential types of benefit a horizontal logistics cooperation between humanitarian organizations could produce, and …
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