Humanitarian supply chain management: a thematic literature review and future directions of research

Behl, Abhishek; Dutta, Pankaj

doi:10.1007/s10479-018-2806-2

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“…Hence, product and process simplicity results in supply chains that are more agile and flexible (Coronado Mondragon et al 2004). In the humanitarian context, an underexplored research area involves migrant groups that are associated with different levels of complexity (Behl and Dutta 2018). In this research, we define the BOM complexity variable based upon grouping, gender, age, health needs, and cultural/ religious needs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Stakeholder theory suggests that an organization can find value in the identification, analysis, mapping, and prioritization of stakeholders. Within the humanitarian and supply chain literature, there is an increasing number of papers that discuss the critical role of different stakeholders along the humanitarian supply chain (Behl and Dutta 2018;De Camargo et al 2017;Kunz and Reiner 2016). Specifically, Gupta et al (2017) noted that while humanitarian organizations are often very different from for-profit enterprises due to their size and scope, stakeholder theory can also be useful in the humanitarian context to prioritize and balance the interests of stakeholders.…”

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Migrant supply chain networks: an empirically based typology

Prasad

Woldt

Borra³

et al. 2020

Ann Oper Res

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Managing migrant supply networks is a critical issue both domestically and internationally. In this research, using a supply chain perspective, a typology is developed to provide recommendations for migration stakeholders. The typology can be used to assess factors within a migrant network including: pressure to migrate, the network agility, and the total cost of migration. The typology identifies specific investments that developmental agents can focus on to mitigate the pressure to migrate. In instances of genocide and other forms of forced migration, the model identifies ways stakeholders can support agile refugee flows to ensure faster and safer travel and to shorten transit times.

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Section: Bom Complexitymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Migrant supply chain networks: an empirically based typology

Prasad

Woldt

Borra³

et al. 2020

Ann Oper Res

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“…The field of disaster management is expanding rapidly and new insights from other disciplines are increasingly being added to inform disaster management literature. For instance, recent studies have added perspectives from project management (Prasad et al 2017), commercial supply chain management (Olaogbebikan and Oloruntoba 2017;Behl and Dutta 2018) and internet of things (IoT) technology (Sinha et al 2017;Han et al 2018) literatures. In a similar vein, the current study adds new insights from the economics of entrepreneurship literature.…”

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How entry crowds and grows markets: the gradual disaster management view of market dynamics in the retail industry

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Entrepreneurial, innovative entry can have devastating effects disrupting a market. However, the many players involved including all current producers, sellers and suppliers and the often non-technological but organizational nature of the innovation may lead to a gradual restoration of the market, viz., to a new equilibrium. Entrepreneurial entry can be regarded as a disaster while the restoration towards a new equilibrium as disaster management. Hardly any empirical models have been developed in order to test these ideas. This paper conducts the first empirical dynamic simultaneous equilibrium analysis of the role of entry and exit of firms, the number of firms in an industry, and profit levels in industry dynamics. Our model enables to discriminate between the entrants' entrepreneurial function of creating disequilibrium and their conventional role of moving the industry to a new equilibrium. Using a rich data set of the retail industry, we find that indeed entrants perform an entrepreneurial function causing long periods of disequilibrium after which a new equilibrium is attained. Notably, shocks to the entry rate have permanent effects on the industry, emphasizing the entrepreneurial function of entrants rather than their passive reactive function as postulated in classical economics.

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“…The challenges of HL have been explored in great depth in the extant literature in recent years (Behl and Dutta 2019;Gupta et al 2019) and a common theme is the impact that the unique and complex operating environment has on HL operations (Turkeš et al 2017;Gunasekaran et al 2018). As this paper focuses on the main characteristics of complexity in HL, this section reviews prior research on complexity within HL.…”

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The implications of complexity for humanitarian logistics: a complex adaptive systems perspective

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In this study we argue that recognising humanitarian logistics (HL) as a complex system is a key step in developing supply chain design and management strategies that meet the needs of stakeholders. This study draws on complex adaptive systems theory to examine the characteristics and implications of complexity for HL. Through case-study research of humanitarian responses in Haiti and Pakistan, characteristics of complexity across organisational boundaries are identified. We find that the complexity of the context impacts the outcome of the humanitarian response and conclude that HL must not only react to its environment, it must also create its environment. As HL must work within significantly differing environments to create solutions, the standardised approaches used to manage supply chains are less desirable. While this paper focuses on HL, wider applicability to other complex logistics operations is also discussed, informing the design and management of contextually specific supply chains.

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Humanitarian supply chain management: a thematic literature review and future directions of research

Cited by 191 publications

References 282 publications

Migrant supply chain networks: an empirically based typology

Migrant supply chain networks: an empirically based typology

How entry crowds and grows markets: the gradual disaster management view of market dynamics in the retail industry

The implications of complexity for humanitarian logistics: a complex adaptive systems perspective

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