In the last decade, the world has experienced the new cryptocurrency “bitcoin” that appeared after the financial crises and cause a wide disruption to the world economy. This cryptocurrency was built on the foundation of a new technology called Blockchain. This blockchain technology is an invention that believed to have a similar disruption effect for the economy and industrial world as the disruption caused by the internet twenty years ago. However, the attention of the companies went towards the blockchain technology to understand what is able to do in different fields. The main objective of this study is to determine the effects of blockchain on the way companies are doing the business and the supply chains. Yet, many studies have been addressing the topic of blockchain from a technological point of view, and only few among them were able to analyze the possible applications and impacts of this technology. Therefore, following the basics of systematic literature review, this study intends to analyze the potential impacts of the blockchain in term of business models, supply chain and the business model via supply chain management. It was found that the adoption of the technology affected all the blocks of the business model canvas including the company’ main activities, partners, customers, costs and revenues. While in the supply chain domain, the blockchain technology impacted each driver and factors of the supply chain by improving the traceability, sustainability, efficiency, risk and resilience, information sharing and security, transparency, supply chain integrity, digitalization and supply chain finance. Also, it is applied in many sectors and industries including the agri-food industry, healthcare and pharmaceutical, the fashion industry, electrical industry and nine other industries and fields. The results indicate that the blockchain technology disrupts the business models and has the ability to improve all the supply chain aspects and the overall performance.
Nell'ultimo decennio, il mondo ha sperimentato una nuova criptovaluta "bitcoin" che è apparsa dopo le crisi finanziarie e ha causato un grande sconvolgimento dell'economia mondiale. Questa criptovaluta è stata costruita sulla base di una nuova tecnologia chiamata Blockchain. Questa tecnologia blockchain è un'invenzione che si ritiene abbia un effetto di interruzione simile per l'economia e il mondo industriale come l'interruzione causata da Internet vent'anni fa. Tuttavia, l'attenzione delle aziende è andata verso questa tecnologia per capire cosa è in grado di fare nei diversi campi. L'obiettivo principale di questo studio è determinare gli effetti della blockchain sul modo in cui le aziende stanno conducendo gli affari e le catene di approvvigionamento. Eppure, molti studi hanno affrontato il tema della blockchain da un punto di vista tecnologico, e solo pochi di loro sono stati in grado di analizzare le possibili applicazioni e gli impatti di questa tecnologia. Pertanto, seguendo le basi della revisione sistematica della letteratura, questo studio intende analizzare i potenziali impatti della blockchain in termini di modelli di business, catena di fornitura e modello di business attraverso la gestione della catena di fornitura. È stato riscontrato che l'adozione della tecnologia ha influenzato tutti i blocchi del modello di business, comprese le attività principali, i partner, i clienti, i costi e i ricavi dell'azienda. Mentre nel dominio della catena di approvvigionamento, la tecnologia blockchain ha avuto un impatto su ogni driver e fattore della catena di approvvigionamento migliorando la tracciabilità, la sostenibilità, l'efficienza, il rischio e la resilienza, la condivisione e la sicurezza delle informazioni, la trasparenza, l'integrità della catena di approvvigionamento, la digitalizzazione e il finanziamento della catena di approvvigionamento. Inoltre, è applicato in molti settori e industrie tra cui l'industria agroalimentare, sanitaria e farmaceutica, l'industria della moda, l'industria elettrica e altri nove settori e campi. I risultati indicano che la tecnologia blockchain sconvolge i modelli di business e ha la capacità di migliorare tutti gli aspetti della supply chain e le prestazioni complessive.
The impact of blockchain technology on the business models and supply chains : a systematic literature review
AYAD, MOSTAFA ATEF MOSTAFA
2019/2020
Abstract
In the last decade, the world has experienced the new cryptocurrency “bitcoin” that appeared after the financial crises and cause a wide disruption to the world economy. This cryptocurrency was built on the foundation of a new technology called Blockchain. This blockchain technology is an invention that believed to have a similar disruption effect for the economy and industrial world as the disruption caused by the internet twenty years ago. However, the attention of the companies went towards the blockchain technology to understand what is able to do in different fields. The main objective of this study is to determine the effects of blockchain on the way companies are doing the business and the supply chains. Yet, many studies have been addressing the topic of blockchain from a technological point of view, and only few among them were able to analyze the possible applications and impacts of this technology. Therefore, following the basics of systematic literature review, this study intends to analyze the potential impacts of the blockchain in term of business models, supply chain and the business model via supply chain management. It was found that the adoption of the technology affected all the blocks of the business model canvas including the company’ main activities, partners, customers, costs and revenues. While in the supply chain domain, the blockchain technology impacted each driver and factors of the supply chain by improving the traceability, sustainability, efficiency, risk and resilience, information sharing and security, transparency, supply chain integrity, digitalization and supply chain finance. Also, it is applied in many sectors and industries including the agri-food industry, healthcare and pharmaceutical, the fashion industry, electrical industry and nine other industries and fields. The results indicate that the blockchain technology disrupts the business models and has the ability to improve all the supply chain aspects and the overall performance.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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