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Knowledge sharing in relief supply chains

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  • Gyongyi Kovacs
  • Karen M. Spens

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Relief Supply Chain Management (SCM) is rapidly gaining interest in academia at the same time as the number of actors in humanitarian aid and the number of natural disasters are increasing. In order to bring relief to beneficiaries, cooperation between relief supply chains as well as within supply chains is needed. However, at the same time as cooperating, many of the actors in the supply chains compete for the same financial resources (donations). Therefore, cooperation as well as competition, i.e., coopetition, are evident features in relief supply chains, which impact on the incentive to share knowledge among actors. This paper therefore aims at increasing the understanding of knowledge sharing in and between relief supply chains. The importance of Communities of Practice (CoPs) is highlighted in this context, shedding light on the way knowledge sharing is taking place across relief supply chains. After discussing existing CoPs, suggestions are made for how these can be used to enhance knowledge sharing. The paper concludes with avenues for further research.

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  • Gyongyi Kovacs & Karen M. Spens, 2010. "Knowledge sharing in relief supply chains," International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 7(2/3), pages 222-239.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijnvor:v:7:y:2010:i:2/3:p:222-239
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    1. Tomas Cherkos Kassaneh & Ettore Bolisani & Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, 2021. "Knowledge Management Practices for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Challenge for Business Education," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-15, March.
    2. Rodolfo Modrigais Strauss Nunes & Susana Carla Farias Pereira, 2022. "Intellectual structure and trends in the humanitarian operations field," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 319(1), pages 1099-1157, December.
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    6. Maria Drakaki & Gyöngyi Kovács & Panagiotis Tzionas, 2023. "No one stands alone: partnerships for community resilience," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 116(2), pages 1433-1462, March.
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    8. Christian Wankmüller & Gerald Reiner, 2020. "Coordination, cooperation and collaboration in relief supply chain management," Journal of Business Economics, Springer, vol. 90(2), pages 239-276, March.

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