Examples of causal relationships in the reference model
| Perspectives | Causal relationship | Direction +/− | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beneficiaries and donors | Organization reputation→attract volunteers and high-quality staff | + | Leete (2006) and Sarstedt and Schloderer (2009) |
| Organization reputation→cooperation with other HOs | + | Daugirdas (2014) | |
| Organization reputation→long-term funding | + | Smith and Shen (1996), Sargeant (1999) and Brown and Slivinski (2006) | |
| Organization reputation→fundraising effectiveness | + | Cheung and Chan (2000) and Meijer (2009) | |
| Donor fatigue→donations | − | Wynter (2005), Brown and Minty (2008) and Tomasini and Van Wassenhove (2009) | |
| International media coverage→donations | + | Cheung and Chan (2000), Brown and Minty (2008) and Martin (2013) | |
| Unsolicited donation→causes bottlenecks in the supply chain (reduces service quality) | − | Van Wassenhove (2006), Besiou et al. (2011) and Burkart et al. (2017) | |
| Beneficiaries receiving relief (satisfied demand)→international media coverage | − | Besiou et al. (2011) | |
| Internal processes | Inventory investment→beneficiaries satisfaction (number of people helped, on-time delivery, increase access to better services) | + | Balcik and Beamon (2008) and Kunz et al. (2014) |
| Inventory investment (percentage of prepositioned goods)→improved service quality (actual delivery Time) | + | Balcik and Beamon (2008) and Galindo and Batta (2013) | |
| Improved service quality→beneficiaries satisfaction | + | Kovács and Tatham (2010) | |
| Improved service quality→organization reputation | + | Sarstedt and Schloderer (2009) | |
| Improved donor management→long-term funding | + | Sargeant et al. (2006) and Willems et al. (2016) | |
| Improved donor management→donation | + | Sargeant et al. (2006) and Willems et al. (2016) | |
| Improved donor management→organization reputation | + | Thomas and Kopczak (2005) and Willems et al. (2016) | |
| Learning and innovation | Organizational capital (collaboration)→reduces cost in relief chain | + | Balcik et al. (2010) and Akhtar et al. (2012) |
| Human resource management (qualified personnel having logistics knowledge)→organizational capital (Collaboration) | + | Thomas and Kopczak (2005), Balcik et al. (2010) and Kabra et al. (2015) | |
| Improving coordination and collaboration→improved service quality (shorter delivery time) | + | Balcik et al. (2010) | |
| Information capital and knowledge management→organizational capital (collaboration) | + | Howden (2009) and Kabra et al. (2015) | |
| Investment in human resources→improved service quality | + | Kovács and Tatham (2010) and Kovács et al. (2012) | |
| Managing job turnover→improves knowledge creation (contextual knowledge) | + | Telford and Cosgrave (2007), Thomas and Kopczak (2005), Kruke and Olsen (2012) and Apte et al. (2016) | |
| Financial | Long-term funding→long-term contract with employees (less turnover) | + | Korff et al. (2015) |
| Value of waivers as % of total procurement→transparency in HOs budget | + | Howden (2009) | |
| Number of waivers as % of total procurement transactions→transparency in HOs budget | + | Howden (2009) |
| Perspectives | Causal relationship | Direction +/− | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beneficiaries and donors | Organization reputation→attract volunteers and high-quality staff | + | |
| Organization reputation→cooperation with other HOs | + | ||
| Organization reputation→long-term funding | + | ||
| Organization reputation→fundraising effectiveness | + | ||
| Donor fatigue→donations | − | ||
| International media coverage→donations | + | ||
| Unsolicited donation→causes bottlenecks in the supply chain (reduces service quality) | − | ||
| Beneficiaries receiving relief (satisfied demand)→international media coverage | − | ||
| Internal processes | Inventory investment→beneficiaries satisfaction (number of people helped, on-time delivery, increase access to better services) | + | |
| Inventory investment (percentage of prepositioned goods)→improved service quality (actual delivery Time) | + | ||
| Improved service quality→beneficiaries satisfaction | + | ||
| Improved service quality→organization reputation | + | ||
| Improved donor management→long-term funding | + | ||
| Improved donor management→donation | + | ||
| Improved donor management→organization reputation | + | ||
| Learning and innovation | Organizational capital (collaboration)→reduces cost in relief chain | + | |
| Human resource management (qualified personnel having logistics knowledge)→organizational capital (Collaboration) | + | ||
| Improving coordination and collaboration→improved service quality (shorter delivery time) | + | ||
| Information capital and knowledge management→organizational capital (collaboration) | + | ||
| Investment in human resources→improved service quality | + | ||
| Managing job turnover→improves knowledge creation (contextual knowledge) | + | ||
| Financial | Long-term funding→long-term contract with employees (less turnover) | + | |
| Value of waivers as % of total procurement→transparency in HOs budget | + | ||
| Number of waivers as % of total procurement transactions→transparency in HOs budget | + |
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