Big data and predictive analytics in humanitarian supply chains: Enabling visibility and coordination in the presence of swift trust

International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 485-512

  Dubey, Rameshwar ^a   Luo, Zongwei ^b   Gunasekaran, Angappa ^c   Akter, Shahriar ^d   Hazen, Benjamin T ^e,f   Douglas, Matthew A ^e  

^a MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data; Confirmatory factor analysis; Contingent resource based view; Coordination; Humanitarian operations; Humanitarian supply chain; Information exchange; Predictive analytics; Regression analysis; Resource based view; Supply chain management; Swift trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047894904     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJLM-02-2017-0039     Document Type: Article

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