Humanitarian Relief Sustainability: A Framework of Humanitarian Logistics Digital Business Ecosystem

South African Executives Propensity to Use, Diffuse, and Adopt the Humanitarian Logistics Digital Business Ecosystem (HLDBE)

“…HLDBE refers to a digital ecosystem using new generational technology (such as big data analytics, predictive analytics, cloud computing, and others) to integrate stakeholders both in the humanitarian logistics (HL) and business logistics company (BLC) domain under a common digital platform serving their mutual interest and benefits. According to Baffoe and Luo (2020), users of this platform are the humanitarian organization, business logistics companies, and government stakeholders. Each user has their strengths, for example, HL familiarity in disaster environments of uncertain demands, supplies, disruption of routes and others serves as a supplement to the deficiencies BLC may encounter in disaster situations and vice visa for HL actors as well.…”

“…According to Baffoe and Luo (2020), HLDBE ecosystem platform serves as another collaborative digital platform system which plays an essential role in humanitarian relief and business logistics operations. HLDBE refers to a digital ecosystem using new generational technology (such as big data analytics, predictive analytics, cloud computing, and others) to integrate stakeholders both in the humanitarian logistics (HL) and business logistics company (BLC) domain under a common digital platform serving their mutual interest and benefits.…”

“…The study was based on Baffoe and Luo's (2020) work, and the use of technology adoption and diffusion theories (DOI, TOE, Inst. T).…”

Assessing the factors for humanitarian logistics digital business ecosystem (HLDBE) using a novel integrated correlation coefficient and standard deviation - combined compromise solution (CCSD-CoCoSo) method

“…For example, Bealt et al (2016) stressed that in a complex networked system of actors, addressing transparency, best practices, quality of services, collaborations, structuring of organisations, trust, and others are a moving force for such collaborative systems. Adding to that Baffoe & Luo (2020), also conceptually developed a framework called Humanitarian Logistics Digital Business Ecosystem (HLDBE) platform using dimensions such as Big data analytics (BDA), Ecosystem/ Platform(E/P), Governance and Law(G&L), Incentives and Innovation (I&I), Multi-actor Collaboration/ Integration (MC/I), and others as a means in encouraging decision-makers to employ, adopt and diffuse digital platform both locally and nationally; thus, gaining capacity sustenance and resilience prior to obtaining international support despite the magnitude of the disaster. For details on HLDBE see (Baffoe & Luo, 2020).…”

“…Adding to that Baffoe & Luo (2020), also conceptually developed a framework called Humanitarian Logistics Digital Business Ecosystem (HLDBE) platform using dimensions such as Big data analytics (BDA), Ecosystem/ Platform(E/P), Governance and Law(G&L), Incentives and Innovation (I&I), Multi-actor Collaboration/ Integration (MC/I), and others as a means in encouraging decision-makers to employ, adopt and diffuse digital platform both locally and nationally; thus, gaining capacity sustenance and resilience prior to obtaining international support despite the magnitude of the disaster. For details on HLDBE see (Baffoe & Luo, 2020). To date, prospective users' willingness to join a digital collaborative ecosystem which serves their needs and supports their humanitarian logistics hurdles is a challenge.…”