Innovation in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management: a systematic review

N Altay, G Heaslip, G Kovács, K Spens… - Annals of Operations …, 2024 - Springer
The COVID-19 global health crisis forced border closings, strained resources and tightened
funding, forcing humanitarian organisations to innovate. This paper aims to identify gaps in …

A drone fleet model for last-mile distribution in disaster relief operations

B Rabta, C Wankmüller, G Reiner - International journal of disaster risk …, 2018 - Elsevier
Humanitarian assistance operates under conditions characterized by the collapse of health
facilities, the disruption of health systems and the breakdown of already on-going treatments …

Assessing the sustainability of using drone technology for last-mile delivery in a blood supply chain

E Rashidzadeh, SM Hadji Molana, R Soltani… - Journal of Modelling in …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose Delivery management of perishable products such as blood in a supply chain is a
considerable issue such that the last-mile delivery, which refers to deliver goods to the end …

An overview of social responsibility dimensions in international business

N Sinkovics, RR Sinkovics… - Socially responsible …, 2019 - elgaronline.com
Peter Buckley's (2002) seminal paper examining the relevance of international business (IB)
research marks the start of an opening towards more critical topics inherent to the nature of …

Access-based business model innovation in frontier markets: Case study of shared mobility in Timor-Leste

D Wiprächtiger, G Narayanamurthy, R Moser… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite the vast amount of research on business model innovation, little is known about
what decision-makers must consider while innovating access-based business models in the …

Barriers to vehicle-sharing among NGOs during disaster relief operations: Findings from a developing country's perspective

S Islam, M Wang, J Uddin, VG Venkatesh… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract NGOs (Non-governmental Organizations) are still lagging in adopting the benefits
of vehicle-sharing during disaster relief operations. Therefore, the primary objective of this …

Business model canvas for humanitarian operations of logistics service providers

B Kucukaltan, Z Irani, AZ Acar - Production Planning & Control, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
For years, humankind has been facing various disasters of which logistics has a crucial role
for alleviating sufferings of vulnerable people, who are isolated and in need of basic …

Similarities between disaster supply chains and commercial supply chains: A SCM process view

JE Olaogbebikan, R Oloruntoba - Annals of Operations Research, 2019 - Springer
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate conceptual and theoretical similarities between
disaster relief chains (DRCs) and commercial supply chains using the customer relationship …

Relief supply prepositioning strategies via option contract reserve fleet vehicles

X Wang, Z Wu, J Shao - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
In preparing for disasters, relief supplies can be prepositioned as tangible forms in
warehouses or as intangible forms, such as production capacity. However, the …

Enhancing AAA capabilities in humanitarian supply chains through 4PL adoption

M Tickle, S Schiffling, G Verma - Journal of Humanitarian Logistics …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to explore the impact of fourth-party logistics (4PL) adoption on the
agility, adaptability and alignment (AAA) capabilities within humanitarian supply chains …