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PublicationDistributed ledger technology in supply chains: a transaction cost perspectiveWith the emergence of distributed ledger technology (DLT), numerous practitioners and researchers have proclaimed its beneficial impact on supply chain transactions in the future. However, the vast majority of DLT initiatives are discontinued after a short period. With the full potential of DLT laying far down the road, especially managers in supply chain management (SCM) seek for short-term cost-saving effects of DLT in order to achieve long-term benefits of DLT in the future. However, the extant research has bypassed grounding long-term as well as short-term effects of DLT on supply chain transaction with empirical data. We address this shortcoming, following an abductive research approach and combining empirical data from a multiple case study design with the corresponding literature. Our study reveals that the effects of DLT on supply chain transactions are two-sided. We found six effects of DLT solutions that have a cost-reducing or cost avoidance impact on supply chain transactions. In addition, we found two effects that change the power distribution between buyers and suppliers in transactions and a single effect that reduces the dependency of supply chain transactions on third parties. While cost-reducing and avoidance as well as dependency-reducing effects are positive effects, the change in power distribution might come with disadvantages. With these findings, the paper provides the first empirical evidence of the impact of DLT on supply chain transactions, which will enable managers to improve their assessment of DLT usage in supply chains.Type: journal articleJournal: International Journal of Production ResearchVolume: 58Issue: 7
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: Journal of Business Logistics
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PublicationThe Foundation of Distributed Ledger Technology for Supply Chain Management( 2020-01-09)Distributed ledger technology (DLT) appears to be one of the most promising technologies in the field of supply chain management (SCM). However, as the technology is still evolving, only limited empirical evidence has been analyzed, managers and scientific scholars alike seek to understand how DLT can help improving SCM. This study aims to shed light into the current DLT applications in SCM to identify the foundation of the technology for SCM and uncover what DLT brings to the table. It develops seven foundational characteristics of DLT in SCM that describe both the nature of DLT and its characteristics for SCM. The study reveals that DLTs are interorganizational information systems that are diverse in their realizations and enable modular platform ecosystems. Nowadays application in SCM build on steady data availability, selective transparency, high authenticity and a source of mutual trust.Type: conference paperVolume: Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
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PublicationDeterminants of transparency in supply chains: A frame to assess the influence of digital technologies on transparency( 2020-04-08)
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PublicationEnhancing Transparency in the Supply Chain: An Information Processing PerspectiveWhile nowadays’ need to enhance transparency in supply chains (TSC) seems undisputable, supply chain management (SCM) scholars and practitioners lack an operationalization of the phenomenon and a clear understanding of how to enhance TSC. This study aims to address this need by applying a multiple case study design with 24 awarded or industry-wide good practice solutions to disclose how focal companies can enhance TSC. Drawing on information processing theory (IPT), this study contributes to the understanding of the phenomenon by placing TSC in context and identifying 29 TSC determinants that have to be attained in order to enhance TSC. The study reveals that although the targeted effect of enhanced TSC is mainly beneficial for the focal company, it requires all relevant supply chain partners to enhance TSC. By presenting the TSC determinants that are required on an intra-firm and inter-organizational level to enhance TSC, we elaborate IPT in the context of TSC.Type: conference paper
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PublicationMastering the onboarding challenge: The case of information processing in distributed ledgers in supply chains( 2019-11-24)
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PublicationDistributed ledger technology in supply chains An information processing view( 2019-06)
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PublicationTheorizing distributed ledger technology - A supply chain management perspectivePurpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a business theoretical foundation for distributed ledger technology (DLT) in supply chain management. This consists of describing the theoretical impact of DLT on transaction cost economics, agency theory and network theory from a SCM perspective. Design/methodology/approach We conduct five explorative case studies of five different DLT-based solutions that are implemented in current supply chains. The authors interrogate DLT providers as well as users. Based on the empirical data, the authors derive the impact on three major theories in the field of supply chain management. Findings The paper reveals the theoretical impact of DLT on the above-mentioned theories in the field of SCM. DLT-based solutions reduce the transaction costs and provides new options to coordinate market solutions better than implied before. Furthermore, in contrast to existing implications of network theory, DLT benefits from the size of the network as they reduce the chances for opportunistic behavior and provide more transparency. Research limitations/implications The paper is based on findings of early stage applications of DLT in supply chain management. Thus, theoretical impacts are expected to be added at an advanced stage. However, at this point of time the article builds a theoretical foundation for future research on DLT. Practical implications The identification of theoretical impacts helps to understand the practical value of DLT in supply chain management. Original/value This is one of the first papers to add a theoretical foundation to DLT research in supply chain management that is dominated by application-oriented contributions.Type: conference paper
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PublicationAnalyzing the Potential of DLT-based Applications in Smart Factories(Springer International Publishing, 2020)