Paper Info
Title
Blockchain Technology And Its Relationships To Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Abstract
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.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1080/00207543.2018.1533261
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
Keywords
DocType
Volume
blockchain technology, supply chain management, sustainability, barriers, research agenda
Journal
57
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
7
0020-7543
20
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.69
17
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sara Saberi1271.92
Mahtab Kouhizadeh2200.69
joseph sarkis311411.34
Lejia Shen4200.69