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Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

  • Written by Johanna Amaya Leal, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University
Sending help where it's needed most after disastersLoading new furniture donated to Hurricane Irma survivors in Chokoloskee, Fla.

After costly and deadly disasters, large deliveries of supplies – whether they are needed or not – arrive. So do throngs of people who want to pitch in.

But while studying the responses to many disasters, including hurricanes Maria and Harvey and earthquakes...

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