We study incentive alignment to coordinate operations in humanitarian settings. Our research focuses on transportation, the second largest overhead cost to humanitarian organizations after personnel. Motivated by field research, we study the fleet size problem from a managerial perspective. In...

We study the last mile vehicle supply chain in the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The IFRC is one of the benchmark humanitarian organizations working in disaster response and development programs. We analyze the IFRC “better, faster and cheaper”...

Transportation is the second largest overhead cost to humanitarian organizations after personnel. The international 4x4 Field Vehicle Fleet size is estimated between 70,000 and 80,000 units with a cost above $1 billion per year. Nevertheless, academic knowledge about fleet management in...