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Modeling the values of private sector agents in multi-echelon humanitarian supply chains
journal contribution
posted on 2018-04-06, 09:04 authored by Corinne Carland, Jarrod Goentzel, Gilberto MontibellerGilberto Montibeller© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Humanitarian organizations (HOs) increasingly look to engage private sector supply chains in achieving outcomes. The right engagement approach may require knowledge of agents' preferences across multi-echelon supply chains to align private sector value creation with humanitarian outcomes. We propose a multi-attribute value analysis (MAVA) framework to elucidate such preferences. We formalize this approach and apply it in collaboration with a HO pilot aiming to facilitate better private sector availability of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Uganda. We demonstrate how HOs could use criteria weights and value functions from MAVA for project evaluation; in the process, we reveal business model insights for importers, distributors, and retailers in the pilot. We also show how MAVA facilitates the impact assessment of hypothetical options (i.e., combinations of products, services, and subsidies) to guide HO resource deployment. This paper offers the first attempt, to our knowledge, to develop quantitative measures for economic and non-economic objectives involving all agents in a multi-echelon supply chain, either humanitarian or commercial. We hope that this initial step stimulates further research to validate results and develop the framework proposed.
Funding
This material is based on work conducted with the Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under award number AID-OAA-A-12-00095.
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Business
Published in
European Journal of Operational ResearchVolume
269Issue
2Pages
532-543Citation
CARLAND, C., GOENTZEL, J. and MONTIBELLER, G., 2018. Modeling the values of private sector agents in multi-echelon humanitarian supply chains. European Journal of Operational Research, 269 (2), pp.532-543.Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Dalton Transactions and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.02.010Acceptance date
2018-02-06Publication date
2018-02-09Copyright date
2018ISSN
0377-2217Publisher version
Language
- en