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dc.contributor.authorJahre, Marianne
dc.contributor.authorFrennesson, Lina
dc.contributor.authorKembro, Joakim
dc.contributor.authorde Vries, Harwin
dc.contributor.authorVan Wassenhove, Luk N.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-17T11:42:41Z
dc.date.available2022-03-17T11:42:41Z
dc.date.created2021-01-20T16:40:02Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 2020, 11(1),en_US
dc.identifier.issn2042-6747
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2985803
dc.description.abstractPurpose To meet the rising global needs, the humanitarian community has signed off on making a strategic change toward more localisation, which commonly refers to the empowerment of national and local actors in humanitarian assistance. However, to this date, actual initiatives for localisation are rare. To enhance understanding of the phenomenon, the authors explore localisation of logistics preparedness capacities and obstacles to its implementation. The authors particularly take the perspective of the international humanitarian organisation (IHO) community as they are expected to implement the localisation strategy. Design/methodology/approach A phenomenon-driven, exploratory and qualitative study was conducted. Data collection included in-depth interviews with 28 experienced humanitarian professionals. Findings The findings showed the ambiguity inherent in the localisation strategy with largely different views on four important dimensions. Particularly, the interviewees differ about strengthening external actors or internal national/local offices. The resulting framework visualises the gap between strategy formulation and implementation, which forms major obstacles to the localisation aims. Research limitations/implications Further research is required to support the advancement of localisation of logistics preparedness capacities. Important aspects for future research include triangulation of results, other stakeholder perspectives and the influence of context. Practical implications The authors add to the important debate surrounding localisation by offering remedies to overcoming obstacles to strategy implementation. Further, the authors’ proposed framework offers a language to precisely describe the ways in which IHOs (should) view localisation of logistics preparedness capacities and its operationalisation. Originality/value To the best of authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first academic article on localisation within the humanitarian logistics context.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherEmeralden_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectLocalisationen_US
dc.subjectPreparednessen_US
dc.subjectDisaster reliefen_US
dc.subjectCapacity strengtheningen_US
dc.subjectHumanitarian logisticsen_US
dc.subjectHumanitarian supply chainsen_US
dc.titleLocalisation of Logistics Preparedness in International Humanitarian Organisationsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderThe Authorsen_US
dc.source.volume11en_US
dc.source.journalJournal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Managementen_US
dc.source.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/JHLSCM-06-2020-0048
dc.identifier.cristin1875840
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