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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Disaster Management
  • Information Systems

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  • Disaster relief operations often face challenges in resource mobilization and deployment.
  • The sharing economy offers a framework for resource pooling and collaboration.
  • Blockchain technology provides a secure platform for data sharing and trust-building.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the potential of the sharing economy to increase commercial organization participation in disaster relief.
  • To develop a theoretical framework for a logistics-sharing system in emergency response.
  • To investigate the role of blockchain in facilitating interactions and trust between responders and commercial entities.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual research drawing on social exchange theory and academic literature.
  • Analysis of existing resource-sharing practices in commercial and humanitarian logistics.
  • Proposal for utilizing blockchain distributed ledger technology for enhanced information sharing.

Main Results:

  • A theoretical framework for analyzing logistics-sharing systems in emergency response was developed.
  • The study identifies benefits and prerequisites for such a system.
  • Blockchain is proposed as a facilitator for authenticated communication and real-time information sharing.

Conclusions:

  • Integrating commercial logistics resources through a sharing economy model can significantly improve disaster relief efforts.
  • Blockchain technology can enhance trust and efficiency in emergency response logistics.
  • This approach has the potential to augment the flexibility and effectiveness of aid mobilization and deployment.