Collaborative approaches and adaptability in disaster risk situations

Abstract

PurposeThe aim of the study was to examine the role of collaborative approaches (productive collaboration, collaborative innovation and collaborative risk management) in disaster risk situations. Thus, the study focused on the effect of productive collaboration and collaborative innovation on collaborative risk management, and the effect of collaborative risk management and collaborative innovation on adaptability.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The Covariance Based Structural Equation Modeling software was used to obtain results on the influence of productive collaboration and collaborative innovation on collaborative risk management, the influence of collaborative innovation on adaptability and the influence of collaborative risk management on adaptability.FindingsFindings indicated that both productive collaboration and collaborative innovation influence collaborative risk management, and both collaborative innovation and collaborative risk management influence adaptability.Research limitations/implicationsThe study mainly focused on the NGOs eliminating the government, beneficiaries and other actors that may be involved in disaster risk situations. The research has implications to decision makers in government, NGOs and other actors concerned with disaster risk management.Originality/valueCountries worldwide are focusing on collaborative innovation and productive collaboration in addition to collaborative risk management to respond to epidemics and natural disasters. Despite the relevance of the collaborative initiatives, empirical research explaining the relevance of the variables to adaptability of actors during epidemics or natural disasters is still lacking.

Small and medium enterprise agro-processing firms supply chain performance: the role of owner-manager’s managerial competencies, information sharing and information quality

“…Previous research on normality suggests that the absolute value of univariate skewness should be < 2, while the absolute value for univariate kurtosis should be < 7 (Curran et al. , 1996; Xiong and King, 2015; Namagembe, 2022). Skewness values for all variables were less than 2 with a range from −0.295 to −0.0702, while kurtosis values for all variables were less than 7 with a range from −0.22 to 1.599 (see Table A1) as recommended by Curran et al .…”

“…Appropriate sample size is necessary for achieving statistically valid results. A sample size between 100 and 200 is sufficient and provides accurate results (Head, 2012; Namagembe, 2022). The firms were selected using simple random sampling without replacement.…”

“…Discriminant validity was measured using the heterotrait–monotrait method. All the values were below the set threshold of 0.9 (Friman et al ., 2019; Henseler et al ., 2015; Namagembe, 2022) (see Table A2).…”

“…Besides, the majority of the research on the performance of agro-processing supply chains focuses on performance measurement of the supply chains (Ramos et al ., 2022). Other scholars focus on network design and challenges (Yadav et al ., 2022), while others examine the performance of agro-processing firms outside the supply chain context and a few in the supply chain context (Uddin and Akhter, 2022) and focus on promoting environmentally friendly practices in SME agri-food upstream chains (Namagembe, 2022). In addition, a lot of work is on food processing industry, which is only a subset of the agro-processing industry (UNOPS, 2022).…”

The dynamics of cross-sector collaboration in disasters

“…Despite the challenges, public agencies are increasingly aware that they cannot address public problems alone (Rogers et al ., 2016). In disaster settings, collaboration is essential for effective search and rescue, swift distribution of relief aid and rapid post-disaster recovery and reconstruction (Namagembe, 2022). To advance and survive, collaboration requires some level of authority or legitimacy (Provan and Kenis, 2008) to influence stakeholders' commitment to collaboration.…”