Blockchain technology for enhancing swift-trust, collaboration and resilience within a humanitarian supply chain setting
Blockchain technology for enhancing swift-trust, collaboration and resilience within a humanitarian supply chain setting
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区块链技术可在人道主义供应链环境中增强快速信任、协作和复原力
DOI：
10.1080/00207543.2020.1722860
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发表时间：
2020-02-11
影响因子：
9.2
通讯作者：
Papadopoulos, Thanos
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作者：
Dubey, Rameshwar;Gunasekaran, Angappa;Papadopoulos, Thanos
区块链技术（BT）（也称为分布式账本技术）在地球仪和跨部门中引起了巨大的兴趣。在金融部门取得重大成功之后，人道主义部门等其他部门也开始在各级部署BT。虽然BT在人道主义领域的应用尚处于起步阶段，但捐助者和政府机构越来越多地呼吁在各种人道主义行为者之间建立BT支持的快速信任（ST）和更多的合作关系，以提高救灾物资的透明度和可追溯性，信息交流和救灾供应链中的资金流动。我们的研究，这是通知组织信息处理理论和关系的观点，提出了一个理论模型，以了解BT如何影响业务供应链透明度（OSTC）和ST之间的参与救灾行动。我们的模型还显示了BT支持的ST如何进一步改善参与救灾行动的参与者之间的协作（CO），并增强供应链的弹性（SCR）。我们制定并测试了六个研究假设，使用从国际非政府组织收集的数据，并在人道主义事务协调员（OCHA）数据库的帮助下。我们收到了256个可用的响应，使用预先测试的调查为基础的工具，专为关键线人。我们的研究结果证实了我们的六个假设得到了支持。我们的研究为ST，CO和SCR以及BT/分布式账本技术的文献提供了重要而有效的贡献。我们也指出了我们研究的局限性，并提出了未来的研究方向。
There has been tremendous interest in blockchain technology (BT) (also known as distributed ledger technology) around the globe and across sectors. Following significant success in the financial sector, other sectors, such as humanitarian sector, have started deploying BT at various levels. Although the use of BT in the humanitarian sector is in its infancy, donors and government agencies are increasingly calling for building BT-enabled swift-trust (ST) and more collaborative relationships among various humanitarian actors in order to improve the transparency and traceability of disaster relief materials, information exchanges and flow of funds in disaster relief supply chains. Our study, which is informed by organisational information processing theory and relational view, proposes a theoretical model to understand how BT can influence operational supply chain transparency (OSTC) and ST among actors engaged in disaster relief operations. Our model also shows how BT-enabled ST can further improve collaboration (CO) among actors engaged in disaster relief operations and enhance supply chain resilience (SCR). We formulated and tested six research hypotheses, using data gathered from international non-governmental organisations with the help of the Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) database. We received 256 usable responses using a pre-tested survey-based instrument designed for key informants. Our results confirm that our six hypotheses were supported. Our study offers significant and valid contributions to the literature on ST, CO and SCR and BT/distributed ledger technology. We have also noted the limitations of our study and have offered future research directions.