Factors Affecting the Entrepreneurial Supply Chain in Disasters in Iran from the Perspective of Experts

Mainly in the structure of relief organizations, especially the Red Crescent, in the discussion of providing resources, there is no specific strategy and program for production, identification, distribution with an entrepreneurial approach, and mainly the Red Crescent has the role of preparing and distributing items in critical situations. This study was conducted in Iran with the aim of extracting the factors affecting the entrepreneurial supply chain of rescue in the Red Crescent Society with emphasis on technology from the perspective of experts and specialists.

This qualitative study of content analysis was conducted in 2020. By content analysis method, the desired criteria were collected through open-ended questions and interviews. An in-depth interview was conducted with 30 experts to determine the desired indicators. Thematic analysis method was also used to analyze the interviews.

The experts had a mean age of 46 years, 21 of whom were male. 16 people had a specialized doctorate degree, and 14 people had a masterchr(chr(chr('39')39chr('39'))39chr(chr('39')39chr('39')))s degree. After analyzing and extracting the criteria from the interviews, 123 codes were reached. Finally, they were classified into two categories: supply chain management and technology indicators. Supply chain management class has subcategories: customer integration, supplier integration, internal integration and innovative orientation. Also, the category of technology indicators has subclasses: individual characteristics, attitude factors, educational factors, technical factors, economic factors, environmental factors, and finally human and managerial factors.

Supply chains are considered as a suitable vehicle for entrepreneurship due to the involvement of different parts of the Red Crescent Organization of Iran in joint activities. Due to the expansion of entrepreneurship issues in the supply chain, presenting a comprehensive model of the entrepreneurial supply chain in the Red Crescent with emphasis on the technology component, has a necessary and important role. In todaychr(chr(chr('39')39chr('39'))39chr(chr('39')39chr('39')))s competitive environment, supply chain management can play a role for the Red Crescent, as a strategic and powerful core in achieving the boundaries of success and competitive advantage.