Expanding Horizons and Deepening Understanding via the Use of Secondary Data Sources

Rabinovich, Elliot; Cheon, SangHyun

doi:10.1111/j.0000-0000.2011.01026.x

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“…Due to the emerging nature of the phenomenon we seek to explore, it is more difficult to gather useful, relevant information through face‐to‐face interviews. On the contrary, websites offer easy access to secondary data that “exist prior to the formulation of the research objectives at hand” (Rabinovich and Cheon , 303). Website‐based research produces results that can be considered reliable as the data on which the empirical analysis is based have not been subject to researcher bias (Lewis ).…”

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The Rise of Crowd Logistics: A New Way to Co‐Create Logistics Value

Carbone

Rouquet

Roussat

2017

J of Business Logistics

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Patterned on crowdsourcing and crowdfunding, a new crowd practice has emerged in recent years: crowd logistics. In this paper, we propose a first conceptualization of this growing phenomenon. Crowd logistics is a novel way of providing logistics services that taps into the dormant logistics resources and capabilities of individuals, using mobile applications and web‐based platforms. Although crowd logistics has been widely discussed in the business world, it has not yet been the subject of any academic publication. Following an exploratory case study approach, we review the websites of 57 crowd logistics initiatives around the world and highlight the main distinctive characteristics of crowd logistics, as compared to traditional business logistics. We introduce a segmented analysis in which crowd logistics solutions are classified according to four types of service offered. Finally, we introduce six theoretical propositions on the future development of crowd logistics. At a theoretical level, our findings contribute to enriching the service‐dominant logic perspective in the logistics field by conceptualizing the crowd as a co‐creator of logistics value. At a managerial level, our findings contribute to identifying which types of crowd logistics services are more likely to threaten or disrupt traditional business.

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The Rise of Crowd Logistics: A New Way to Co‐Create Logistics Value

Carbone

Rouquet

Roussat

2017

J of Business Logistics

200

208

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“…Therefore, in this paper, we use historical incident frequencies to estimate the probability of future incidents, and historical incident values to estimate the impact of future incidents. We have only used secondary data and in this regard we follow the reasoning of Rabinovich and Cheon (2011). They argue that the importance of secondary data analysis has been overlooked in logistics research and that it should be used to address the contemporary challenges in logistics and supply chain research.…”

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“…The use of secondary data in this paper provides high internal validity and a good opportunity to replicate this study (Rabinovich and Cheon 2011). The paper follows the tradition of logistics research by using a systematic approach to understand the problem from a holistic perspective while focusing on the interactions among components rather than the causes (Aastrup and Halldórsson 2008).…”

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The use of violence in cargo theft – a supply chain disruption case

Ekwall

Lantz

2018

J Transp Secur

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This paper examines patterns of reported cargo thefts involving violence in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region with regard to the value of stolen goods, incident frequency, transport chain location, and incident category. The research method is deductive and is based on analyses of secondary data obtained from the Incident Information Service by the Transported Asset Protection Association. The results are discussed within a frame of reference based on supply chain risk management and supply chain disruption literature. We found that perpetrators who use violence seem to cause greater losses per theft than those who use other types of modus operandi. Further, the most common type of violent cargo theft occurs on Mondays in January when cargo vehicles are robbed on the road and consumer electronics are stolen. In terms of supply chain disruption, violent cargo thefts can be seen as externally-caused disruptions, which can indirectly cause major problems for the supply chain.

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“…While this gives us the reliability advantage of primary data in terms of knowing how it was collected (as argued in Calantone & Vickery, 2010), it does not overcome the issue of the data being collected for other purposes (the EAR evaluation studies). However, according to some researchers (Calantone & Vickery, 2010;Rabinovich & Cheon, 2011;Tomasini, 2012) this should not necessarily be seen as a weakness as it actually increases the possibility of the existing data to be free of misconceptions and prejudice given that the purpose and the intent of the data differ from its use in the study. Therefore, secondary data analysis was employed as a research strategy in this paper.…”

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Local Resources and Procurement Practices in Humanitarian Supply Chains: An Empirical Examination of Large‐Scale House Reconstruction Projects

Matopoulos

Kovács

Hayes³

2014

Decision Sciences

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Different procurement decisions taken by relief organizations can result in considerably differentimplications in regards to transport, storage, and distribution of humanitarian aid and ultimately can influence the performance of the humanitarian supply chain and the delivery of the humanitarian aid.In this paper we look into what resources are needed and how these resources evolve in the delivery of humanitarian aid. Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm we develop a framework to categorize the impact of local resources on the configuration of humanitarian supply chains. In contrast to other papers, the importance of localizing the configuration of the humanitarian supply chain is not only conceptually recognized, but empirical investigations are also provided. In terms of methodology, this paper is based on the analysis of secondary data from two housing reconstruction projects. Findings indicate that the use of local resources in humanitarian aid has positive effects on programs' overall supply chain performance and these effects are not only related to the macroeconomic perspective, but benefits expand to improvements related to the use of knowledge. At the same time it was found that local sourcing often comes with a number of problems. For example, in one of the cases significant problems existed, which were related to the scarcity of local supplies. Both housing reconstruction projects have indicated the continuous need for changes throughout the programs as a dynamic supply chain configuration is important for the long-term sustainability of reconstruction aid.

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Expanding Horizons and Deepening Understanding via the Use of Secondary Data Sources

Cited by 87 publications

References 62 publications

The Rise of Crowd Logistics: A New Way to Co‐Create Logistics Value

The Rise of Crowd Logistics: A New Way to Co‐Create Logistics Value

The use of violence in cargo theft – a supply chain disruption case

Local Resources and Procurement Practices in Humanitarian Supply Chains: An Empirical Examination of Large‐Scale House Reconstruction Projects

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