Table VI

Examples of causal relationships in the reference model

PerspectivesCausal relationshipDirection +/−References
Beneficiaries and donorsOrganization 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 processesInventory 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 innovationOrganizational 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) 
FinancialLong-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) 

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