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Cover -- CONTENTS -- Editorial advisory board -- Editorial overview -- Health status assessment using reverse supply chain data -- Integration of supply and marketing for a blood service -- Employer brand image in a health care organization -- Managing competitive bidding in the Finnish healthcare sector -- The impact of extrinsic and package design attributes on preferences for non-prescription drugs -- The effect of competence-based trust between physicians and administrative executives in healthcare on decision outcomes.

PurposeBased on a framework developed by Kovács and Spens, this paper seeks to assess the use of the three different research approaches in logistics research; discuss the use of different research methods within the three research approaches; find and discuss applications of the abductive research approach to logistics problems.Design/methodology/approachContent analysis is used in order to categorize the different research approaches. While content analysis commonly uses smaller units such as paragraphs, sentences, words or characters, this study used entire articles as the unit of analysis. The scope of the review encompassed five years (1998‐2002) of articles in IJLM, IJPDLM and JBL. A total of 378 articles was reviewed and categorized.FindingsThe findings of the study corroborate earlier studies regarding the main research approach used in logistics. Published logistics research is hypothetico‐deductive, with a strong emphasis on using survey methods. Nevertheless, inductive as well as abductive research is gaining importance. However, most logistics articles do not explicitly discuss the research process, nor the approach used. Therefore, a call for more explicit statements of the research approach is suggested.Research limitations/implicationsThe review of the articles is limited to three main journals in the field. A more comprehensive view of research approaches could be obtained by broadening the review to include also other types of research.Practical implicationsThe paper provides a framework and guidelines to researchers for explicitly discussing the research approach used in logistics articles.Originality/valueThe paper provides an overview of the research approaches used in logistics research.

Introduction -- Exploring logistics competences and capabilities in not-for-profit environments : the case of Médecins Sans Frontières / Diego Vega, Neoma Business School and Cret-Log, France -- Setting up a supply chain network -- Setting up a humanitarian supply network / Graham Heaslip (HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland) and Gyöngyi Kovács (HUMLOG Institute) -- Service triad case study / Graham Heaslip, HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland -- Setting up a supply chain network in the Kenyan nutrition sector / Tunca Tabaklar (HUMLOG Institute, Helsinki, Finland) and Olivia Agutu (UNICEF Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya) -- Supply chain strategy -- Supply chain strategy / Ira Haavisto (HUMLOG Institute), Graham Heaslip (HUMLOG Institute and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology) and Paul Larson (University of Manitoba, Canada) -- Case study: partnerships : supply chain strategy / Graham Heaslip, Humlog Institute and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology -- Decision making in the supply chain -- Decision making in humanitarian logistics / Minchul Sohn (HUMLOG Institute, Finland), Eija Susanna Meriläinen (HUMLOG Institute) and David B Grant (HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Hull University Business School, UK) -- Forecasts, financing and acceleration of humanitarian logistics : from supply chain to value chain / Janot Mendler de Suarez, Pablo Suarez, Erin Coughlan de Perez and Dak Martin Doleagbenu, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Netherlands -- Procurement -- Procurement in humanitarian supply chains / Ala Pazirandeh, University of Gothenburg, Sweden -- Joint tender for freight-forwarding services : promises and pitfalls / Ala Pazirandeh (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Heidi Herlin (HUMLOG Institute, Finland) -- A procurement project in the Philippines / Jonas Stumpf (HELP Logistics AG, Kuehne Foundation, Asia Office), Maximilian Foehse (HELP Logistics AG, Kuehne Foundation, Asia Office) and Tom Godfrey, Save the Children International -- Partnerships and innovative procurement as enablers for sustainable development goals / Rolando M Tomasini, Head of Global Outreach at the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) -- Transportation, fleet management, delivery and distribution -- Transport in humanitarian supply chains / Ruth Banomyong (Thammasat University, Thailand) and David B Grant (HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Hull University Business School, UK) -- Humanitarian aid supply corridors : Europe-Iraq / Anthony Beresford, Stephen Pettit and Ziad al Hashimi, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK -- Warehouse and inventory management -- Warehousing in humanitarian logistics / Alain Vaillancourt, HUMLOG Institute, Finland -- Gdacsmobile : an IT tool supporting assessments for humanitarian logistics / Bernd Hellingrath (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany) and Daniel Link (Chair for Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, University of Münster, Germany) -- Logistics competency for humanitarian relief : the case of Médecins sans Fontières / Diego Vega, NEOMA Business School, France -- Community-managed rural water supply in Ethiopia / Linda Annala, HUMLOG Institute, Finland -- Managing supply chain sustainability risks / Alexander Blecken, Anna Gaarde and Nives Costa, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Denmark -- Using three-dimensional printing in a humanitarian context : challenges and solutions / Peter Tatham (Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Australia) and Jennifer Loy (Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Australia) -- Making performance measurement work in humanitarian logistics : the case of an IT-supported balanced scorecard / Bernd Hellingrath (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany) and Adam Widera (Chair for Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, University of Münster, Germany) -- Boko haram : the security and supply chain management challenges of providing relief / Richard Oloruntoba, University of Newcastle, Australia -- References -- Index

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PurposeThe aim of this paper is to present current trends and developments in humanitarian logistics (HL) practice, research, and education, and analyze the gaps between these. The article serves as an update on previous literature reviews in HL.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is primarily conceptual and develops a framework for analyzing trends and gaps between HL research, education, and practice. Data are compiled through keyword searches, publicly available bibliographies, and web sites of educational institutions, as well as drawing on material from practitioner workshops, tutorials, conference presentations, and personal communication with practitioners and educators.FindingsGaps are revealed in HL practice, research, education, as well as between these. Few education programs to date consider the skill needs of humanitarian logisticians, but future trends in practice and research can be used to develop them further. More empirical and practice‐near research is called for at the same time as there is a need for comparative analyses, generic models, and theory building in HL.Research limitations/implicationsAny attempt to grasp current trends in a field is delimited by a lack of overview of the activities of an abundance of HL and fragmented research communities. The article advocates a broader view and openness across organizations and disciplines.Practical implicationsThe gap analysis indicates not only trends but also gaps in HL practice and highlights the need to consider new societal pressures such as climate change and urbanization.Social implicationsHL is concerned with serving beneficiaries; thus, their welfare is at the core of the discipline.Originality/valueSeveral articles have reviewed HL research before, but gaps between practice, research, and education have not yet been addressed.

PurposeThis paper aims to further the understanding of planning and carrying out logistics operations in disaster relief.Design/methodology/approachTopical literature review of academic and practitioner journals.FindingsCreates a framework distinguishing between actors, phases, and logistical processes of disaster relief. Drawing parallels of humanitarian logistics and business logistics, the paper discovers and describes the unique characteristics of humanitarian logistics while recognizing the need of humanitarian logistics to learn from business logistics.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper is conceptual in nature; empirical research is needed to support the framework. The framework sets a research agenda for academics.Practical implicationsUseful discussion of the unique characteristics of humanitarian logistics. The framework provides practitioners with a tool for planning and carrying out humanitarian logistics operations.Originality/valueNo overarching framework for humanitarian logistics exists in the logistics literature so far. The field of humanitarian logistics has so far received limited attention by logistics academics.

PurposeTo construct a framework for exploring and discussing the use of different research approaches – deductive, inductive and abductive – in logistics.Design/methodology/approachA review of research articles in three major logistics journals (International Journal of Logistics Management, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management and Journal of Business Logistics) from 1998 to 2002.FindingsRecognizes the dominance of deductive research in logistics, and the need for more inductive and, in particular, abductive research for theory development. Discusses the use of the abductive research approach in logistics.Research limitations/implicationsKeywords searches led to a small sample size; more thorough content analysis is needed to apply the findings from the constructed framework.Practical implicationsUseful source of information on the three different research approaches, their possibilities and implications for research.Originality/valueThe abductive research approach has not yet been discussed in logistics.