Economics of the Anthropocene Age by Adolfo Figueroa New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 272 pp., £70.00, ISBN 978-3-319-62584-3
In: The journal of development studies, Band 54, Heft 8, S. 1472-1473
ISSN: 1743-9140
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In: The journal of development studies, Band 54, Heft 8, S. 1472-1473
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: Forum for social economics, Band 50, Heft 1, S. 27-39
ISSN: 1874-6381
In: Eastern economic journal: EEJ, Band 40, Heft 4, S. 611-612
ISSN: 1939-4632
In: Review of social economy: the journal for the Association for Social Economics, Band 69, Heft 1, S. 1-28
ISSN: 1470-1162
In: International journal of public policy: IJPP, Band 7, Heft 1/2/3, S. 97
ISSN: 1740-0619
In: SSHO-D-21-00402
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In: SSHO-D-22-01802
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In: Review of social economy: the journal for the Association for Social Economics, Band 73, Heft 4, S. 370-387
ISSN: 1470-1162
In: Review of social economy: the journal for the Association for Social Economics, Band 73, Heft 4, S. 311-314
ISSN: 1470-1162
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In: International journal of physical distribution and logistics management, Band 40, Heft 8/9, S. 722-741
ISSN: 0020-7527
PurposeBy constantly working in environments with high degree of uncertainty, humanitarian organizations end up becoming specialists in the implementation of agile systems. Their counterparts in profit‐making organizations have a lot to learn from them in this domain. Volatility of demand, imbalance between supply and demand and disruptions are all factors that affect commercial supply chains and call for a high level of agility. The aims of this paper are twofold: first, to clearly define the concept of supply chain agility, and second, to build a model for assessing the level of agility of a supply chain.Design/methodology/approachThree approaches are used in this research: literature review, case study and symbolic modeling.FindingsThe paper developed first, a framework for defining supply chain agility and second, a model for assessing and improving the capabilities of humanitarian and commercial supply chains in terms of agility, based on an analysis of humanitarian approaches.Research limitations/implicationsThe model has been developed thanks to inputs from humanitarian practitioners and feedbacks from academics. The practical application to various humanitarian relief operations and commercial supply chains is yet to be done.Originality/valueThis paper contributes significantly to clarifying the notion of supply chain agility. It also provides a consistent, robust and reproducible method of assessing supply chain agility, which seems appropriate for both humanitarian and business sectors. Finally, it is complementary to existant research on humanitarian logistics. It shows that though humanitarian professionals have a lot to learn from the private sector, the reverse is also true.
In: Review of social economy: the journal for the Association for Social Economics, Band 73, Heft 2, S. 139-145
ISSN: 1470-1162