Citation
(2014), "2013 Awards for Excellence", Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Vol. 4 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHLSCM-05-2014-002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2013 Awards for Excellence
Article Type: 2013 Awards for Excellence From: Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Volume 4, Issue 1.
The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
"A meta-analysis of humanitarian logistics research"
Nathan Kunz and Gerald Reiner
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give an up-to-date and structured insight into the most recent literature on humanitarian
logistics, and suggest trends for future research based on the gaps identified through structured content analysis.
Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a quantitative and qualitative content analysis process to analyse the characteristics of the existing
literature, identifying the most studied topics in six structural dimensions, and presenting gaps and recommendations for
further research.
Findings – It was found that existing humanitarian logistics research shows too little interest in continuous humanitarian aid operations,
in slow onset disasters and man-made catastrophes. While several papers address different phases of disasters, very few focus
particularly on the reconstruction following a disaster. Empirical research is underrepresented in the existing literature
as well.
Research limitations/implications – While five of the authors’ structural dimensions are inspired by previous reviews, the sixth dimension (situational factors)
is derived from a theoretical framework which the authors developed and which has never been tested before. The validity of
the study could therefore be increased by testing this framework.
Originality/value – The authors analyse the broadest set of papers (174) ever covered in previous literature reviews on humanitarian logistics.
A quantitative analysis of the papers was conducted in order to analyse the situational factors which have mostly been studied
so far in literature. This paper is also the first in humanitarian logistics to use content analysis as the main methodology
to analyse literature in a structured way, which is of particular value to the academic community as well as practitioners.
This article originally appeared in Volume 2 Number 1, 2012, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
The following article was selected for this year's Highly Commended Award
"Agile and lean principles in the humanitarian supply chain: the case of the United Nations World Food Programme"
Alessandra Cozzolino, Silvia Rossi and Alessio Conforti
This article originally appeared in Volume 2 Number 1, 2012, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management