Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Volume 4 Issue 1 , Open Access

Game theory applications in humanitarian operations: a review

Luke Muggy, Jessica L. Heier Stamm

The purpose of this paper is to summarize ways in which game theory has been or could be utilized within the humanitarian sector and to identify future research opportunities in…

Unfruitful cooperative purchasing : A case of humanitarian purchasing power

Ala Pazirandeh, Heidi Herlin

The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of cooperative purchasing on buyers’ purchasing power. Purchasing in the humanitarian sector has traditionally been…

Meeting needs: value chain collaboration in stabilisation and reconstruction operations

Sebastiaan Rietjens, John Goedee, Stijn Van Sommeren, Joseph Soeters

From the perspective of value chains, the purpose of this paper is to analyse the organization of stabilization and reconstruction operations, most notably in Afghanistan, with…

Using the military in disaster relief: systemising challenges and opportunities

Graham Heaslip, Elizabeth Barber

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a greater understanding of the challenges of civil military logistical cooperation, coordination and collaboration in humanitarian…

Human security and learning in crisis management

Ulla Mari Ainikki Anttila

Contemporary armed conflicts predominantly take place in developing countries and there are often non-state actors involved in them. Civilians have been deliberately targeted in…

Literature review of humanitarian logistics research: trends and challenges

Adriana Leiras, Irineu de Brito Jr, Eduardo Queiroz Peres, Tábata Rejane Bertazzo, Hugo Tsugunobu Yoshida Yoshizaki

– The purpose of this paper is to present a literature review of humanitarian logistics (HL) that aims to identify trends and suggest some directions for future research.

Application of humanitarian last mile distribution model

Daria Battini, Umberto Peretti, Alessandro Persona, Fabio Sgarbossa

The purpose of this paper is to extend a routing model so that it may be applied to a real case study of material deliveries involved in a development operation, typical of…

2013 Awards for Excellence

Editorial matters

Gyongyi Kovacs and Karen Spens