In preparation to a potential disaster, cooperation between relief organizations and enterprises is important. Through a suitable framework agreement (FA), relief organizations can reduce a large amount of inventory cost and decrease the social cost (i.e., the sum of deprivation cost and...

In recent years, academics and health and humanitarian organizations are calling for ‘people-centered’ approaches, making beneficiaries’ preferences central to decisions making. While substantial progress has been made in capturing beneficiaries’ needs in resource allocation models, the...