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Blockchain technology and its relationships to sustainable supply chain management

Saberi, Sara, Kouhizadeh, Mahtab, Sarkis, Joseph, Shen, Lejia·2019·International Journal of Production Research

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Globalisation of supply chains makes their management and control more difficult. Blockchain technology, as a distributed digital ledger technology which ensures transparency, traceability, and security, is showing promise for easing some global supply chain management problems. In this paper, blockchain technology and smart contracts are critically examined with potential application to supply chain management. Local and global government, community, and consumer pressures to meet sustainability goals prompt us to further investigate how blockchain can address and aid supply chain sustainability. Part of this critical examination is how blockchains, a potentially disruptive technology that is early in its evolution, can overcome many potential barriers. Four blockchain technology adoption barriers categories are introduced; inter-organisational, intra-organisational, technical, and external barriers. True blockchain-led transformation of business and supply chain is still in progress and in its early stages; we propose future research propositions and directions that can provide insights into overcoming barriers and adoption of blockchain technology for supply chain management.

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  • Many scholars have found positive effects from emerging technologies on environmental sustainability, including big data and predictive analytics capability, blockchain technology, AI, and cloud computing enabled supply chain design.

    “Many scholars have found positive effects from emerging technologies on environmental sustainability: big data and predictive analytics capability (Dubey et al., 2019), blockchain technology (Saberi, Kouhizadeh, Sarkis, & Shen, 2019), AI (Nishant et al., 2020), and cloud computing enabled supply chain design (Shee, Miah, Fairfield, & Pujawan, 2018).”

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Authors
Saberi, S., Kouhizadeh, M., Sarkis, J., & Shen, L.
Affiliations
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Sarkis, Joseph
Venue
International Journal of Production Research
Published
2018-10-17
Volume
57
Issue
7
Pages
2117-2135
ISSN
  • 0020-7543 (ISSN-L)
  • 1366-588X
OpenAlex
W2898069736
Cited by
4,118
References
113
Citations by year
2026: 654 · 2025: 781 · 2024: 665 · 2023: 612 · 2022: 581 · 2021: 438 · 2020: 289 · 2019: 94 · 2018: 4
FWCI
331.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • International Journal of Production Research (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
APICS (RISC)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Supply Chain Traceability
Keywords
blockchain, sustainable supply chain management, smart contracts, distributed ledger technology, technology adoption barriers, traceability, transparency, supply chain sustainability

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