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Research methods in humanitarian logistics

Research methods in humanitarian logistics Guest editorial Guest editorial 1. Research methods in humanitarian logistics 1.1 Background and introduction Research in humanitarian logistics is maturing, and numerous calls have been made for not only empirical research, but also mixed methods in humanitarian logistics and operations research. Currently, mixed methods are not used and empirical evidence in publications is scant, thereby undermining both the rigor and the relevance of humanitarian logistics research. There is no shortage of ideas, however – 43 review articles alone could be found in the last decade (see Kovács and Moshtari, 2019 for a meta-analysis of these). Conceptual papers and studies on models, which are based on assumptions and tested by hypothetical data, are abundant. To increase the quality of research (i.e. relevance and method rigor), scholars have suggested a number of strategies. These include reaching out to humanitarian organisations and formulating research questions (Kunz et al., 2017), using real and field data (e.g. Gupta et al., 2017), understanding the pros and cons of research methods in humanitarian logistics, matching the methods and research questions in humanitarian logistics (Kovács et al., 2018), taking a complementarity view on the different types of methods (i.e. explorative, theory building, theory testing and analytical modelling), http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management Emerald Publishing

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
2042-6747
DOI
10.1108/JHLSCM-12-2019-082
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Guest editorial Guest editorial 1. Research methods in humanitarian logistics 1.1 Background and introduction Research in humanitarian logistics is maturing, and numerous calls have been made for not only empirical research, but also mixed methods in humanitarian logistics and operations research. Currently, mixed methods are not used and empirical evidence in publications is scant, thereby undermining both the rigor and the relevance of humanitarian logistics research. There is no shortage of ideas, however – 43 review articles alone could be found in the last decade (see Kovács and Moshtari, 2019 for a meta-analysis of these). Conceptual papers and studies on models, which are based on assumptions and tested by hypothetical data, are abundant. To increase the quality of research (i.e. relevance and method rigor), scholars have suggested a number of strategies. These include reaching out to humanitarian organisations and formulating research questions (Kunz et al., 2017), using real and field data (e.g. Gupta et al., 2017), understanding the pros and cons of research methods in humanitarian logistics, matching the methods and research questions in humanitarian logistics (Kovács et al., 2018), taking a complementarity view on the different types of methods (i.e. explorative, theory building, theory testing and analytical modelling),

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Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain ManagementEmerald Publishing

Published: Dec 10, 2019

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