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Prof. Dr. Alessandra Cozzolino
Department of Management, Faculty of Economy, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00161, Italy

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0 Logistics and supply chain management
0 sustainable supply chain management
0 Humanitarian logistics and supply chain management
0 Logistics service providers
0 Packaging innovation management

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Journal article
Published: 10 March 2021 in Sustainability
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As disasters become progressively more frequent and complex, better collaboration through partnerships with private business becomes more important. This research aimed to understand how platforms support the engagement of the private sector—especially logistics businesses—in humanitarian relief operations. The study was based on a literature review and on an investigation of an emblematic case of the cross-sector platform, recognized at a global level in logistics and supply chain management, between the United Nations World Food Programme and the Logistics Emergency Teams (WFP/LET), composed of four global leading logistics providers. The insights resulting from this paper may be of particular interest to both academics and professionals regarding the two sectors, profit and non-profit. This is because the implementation of the platform reflects the concrete benefit for people in need reached by the humanitarian relief operations. It may also constitute a useful tool for building an agile supply chain capable of being resilient in responding to sudden and unexpected changes in the context, both in humanitarian and commercial supply chains.

ACS Style

Alessandra Cozzolino. Platforms Enhancing the Engagement of the Private Sector in Humanitarian Relief Operations. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3024 .

AMA Style

Alessandra Cozzolino. Platforms Enhancing the Engagement of the Private Sector in Humanitarian Relief Operations. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (6):3024.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Alessandra Cozzolino. 2021. "Platforms Enhancing the Engagement of the Private Sector in Humanitarian Relief Operations." Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3024.

Journal article
Published: 18 September 2017 in International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the contribution of logistics service providers’ (LSPs) initiatives to disaster relief and how LSPs are engaged with humanitarian sector. In recent years, the importance of logistics services in disaster relief operations and the capacity of LSPs to improve humanitarian supply chain management have become an increasingly interesting topic for both professionals and academics. Design/methodology/approach This research follows a qualitative approach based on multiple case studies. Findings The current research, after considering the differences and similarities among collaboration, cooperation and coordination and underlining how crucial these mechanisms are in the humanitarian context, explains the contribution of LSPs to relief operations alongside humanitarians. Research limitations/implications There has been increased interest in humanitarian logistics on the part of international academic and professional communities. This study constitutes a first exploratory step in the research to build a platform for benchmarking analysis of logistics services that aims to ensure the effective implementation of social responsibility principles. Practical implications The managerial implications arising from the research offer a range of current responsible actions from which strategic and operative directions to contribute can be derived. Originality/value Humanitarian logistics represents a crucial field in logistics management. This paper addresses the innovative socially responsible initiatives undertaken by the main international LSPs in the area of humanitarian logistics.

ACS Style

Alessandra Cozzolino; Ewa Wankowicz; Enrico Massaroni. Logistics service providers’ engagement in disaster relief initiatives. International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences 2017, 9, 269 -291.

AMA Style

Alessandra Cozzolino, Ewa Wankowicz, Enrico Massaroni. Logistics service providers’ engagement in disaster relief initiatives. International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences. 2017; 9 (3/4):269-291.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Alessandra Cozzolino; Ewa Wankowicz; Enrico Massaroni. 2017. "Logistics service providers’ engagement in disaster relief initiatives." International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences 9, no. 3/4: 269-291.

Book chapter
Published: 03 September 2017 in The Palgrave Handbook of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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In the academic literature on humanitarian logistics and supply chain management, studies that examine companies’ potential to learn agility from the humanitarian sector are limited. Indeed, whether companies take advantage of such opportunities and what they concretely learn from the humanitarian sector has not yet been provided in an empirical analysis. This chapter is designed to fill this gap using a preliminary empirical analysis of a case study, which represents a best practice in the context of cross-sector partnerships in humanitarian logistics, aiming to investigate whether companies can concretely learn agility from the humanitarian sector in emergency relief operations as well as what they can concretely learn in terms of agility. This case study examines the Logistics Emergency Teams’ initiative in collaboration with the World Food Programme as the Global Logistics Cluster for the United Nations.

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Alessandra Cozzolino; Ewa Wankowicz; Enrico Massaroni. Agility Learning Opportunities in Cross-Sector Collaboration. An Exploratory Study. The Palgrave Handbook of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2017, 327 -355.

AMA Style

Alessandra Cozzolino, Ewa Wankowicz, Enrico Massaroni. Agility Learning Opportunities in Cross-Sector Collaboration. An Exploratory Study. The Palgrave Handbook of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 2017; ():327-355.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Alessandra Cozzolino; Ewa Wankowicz; Enrico Massaroni. 2017. "Agility Learning Opportunities in Cross-Sector Collaboration. An Exploratory Study." The Palgrave Handbook of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management , no. : 327-355.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2016 in International Journal of Environment and Health
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Logistics service providers (LSPs) can contribute to the creation of environmentally sustainable supply chains. This research examines which of the internal and external practices that LSPs claim to promote are actually of value in achieving sustainability across the logistics sector as a whole and in the relevant supply chains in which they operate. After an analysis of the literature, the authors draw up a list of relevant environmental concerns based on the global reporting initiatives (GRIs) database and propose a potential classification scheme for current practices of selected LSPs operating in Europe. Our research adds to current knowledge in the field by integrating environmental sustainability with LSP activities and constitutes a platform for benchmark analysis with a view to introducing sustainable practices.

ACS Style

Enrico Massaroni; Alessandra Cozzolino; Ewa Wankowicz. Sustainability reporting of logistics service providers in Europe. International Journal of Environment and Health 2016, 8, 38 .

AMA Style

Enrico Massaroni, Alessandra Cozzolino, Ewa Wankowicz. Sustainability reporting of logistics service providers in Europe. International Journal of Environment and Health. 2016; 8 (1):38.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Enrico Massaroni; Alessandra Cozzolino; Ewa Wankowicz. 2016. "Sustainability reporting of logistics service providers in Europe." International Journal of Environment and Health 8, no. 1: 38.