Supply chain finance and blockchain in operations management: a literature review
Supply chain finance and blockchain in operations management: a literature review
The emerging blockchain technology is believed to be a disruptive innovation in the fields of both supply chain management and financial management. Yet, little is known on the interaction of the two domains. In this paper, we conducted a thematic literature review in the novel field of blockchain and supply chain finance (SCF), which is based on 52 papers published from 2017 to 2021 in academic journals, proceedings and books. Based on thematic analysis, the current status of this field is concluded and presented in this research, including the challenges in traditional SCF, factors influencing blockchain adoption in SCF, blockchain-based SCF solutions, and the blockchain adoption mechanism and system design in SCF. Furthermore, a conceptual framework of blockchain adoption in SCF is developed, which combines the emerged themes. Finally, three future research directions are proposed for further research, including cost optimization of blockchain adoption in SCF, risk management of blockchain operations in SCF, and blockchain and sustainable SCF. This research presents a timely and useful summary on existing research and points out the future research directions on blockchain and SCF.
blockchain, literature review, supply chain finance
Gong, Yu
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Zhang, Yun
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Alharithi, Mohammed
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Gong, Yu
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Zhang, Yun
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Alharithi, Mohammed
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Gong, Yu, Zhang, Yun and Alharithi, Mohammed
(2022)
Supply chain finance and blockchain in operations management: a literature review.
Sustainability (Switzerland), 14 (20), [13450].
(doi:10.3390/su142013450).
Abstract
The emerging blockchain technology is believed to be a disruptive innovation in the fields of both supply chain management and financial management. Yet, little is known on the interaction of the two domains. In this paper, we conducted a thematic literature review in the novel field of blockchain and supply chain finance (SCF), which is based on 52 papers published from 2017 to 2021 in academic journals, proceedings and books. Based on thematic analysis, the current status of this field is concluded and presented in this research, including the challenges in traditional SCF, factors influencing blockchain adoption in SCF, blockchain-based SCF solutions, and the blockchain adoption mechanism and system design in SCF. Furthermore, a conceptual framework of blockchain adoption in SCF is developed, which combines the emerged themes. Finally, three future research directions are proposed for further research, including cost optimization of blockchain adoption in SCF, risk management of blockchain operations in SCF, and blockchain and sustainable SCF. This research presents a timely and useful summary on existing research and points out the future research directions on blockchain and SCF.
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Accepted/In Press date: 3 October 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 October 2022
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blockchain, literature review, supply chain finance
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/479511
ISSN: 2071-1050
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