Blockchain Conceptual Model from a Supply Chain Perspective

Subject Areas : Management

Negin Mobini ¹ , Bahareh Banitalebi Dehkordi ²

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2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, (Energy and Environment Research Center), Shahrekord, Iran

Received: 2025-02-02 Accepted : 2025-03-18 Published : 2025-03-21

Keywords: Blockchain, Technology Chain Management, Data-driven Information,

Abstract :

In the global supply chain, it has been proven that the evolution of new technologies and digitalization can greatly contribute to improving the capabilities of supply chain actors in developing and producing products and sharing information and improving supply chain performance; Since blockchain technology, as one of the new technologies, can provide real-time tracking of goods at every stage of the supply chain by creating a secure and transparent network and provide a suitable platform for preventing data manipulation by integrating data, the present study therefore presents a conceptual model of blockchain from the perspective of the supply chain with a data-driven approach. The research method is qualitative and in order to conduct in-depth and semi-structured interviews, 14 experts in the two fields of blockchain technology and supply chain management were selected through purposeful sampling in 1403. The research findings were identified as a paradigmatic model in the form of 24 main categories and 102 concepts including causal conditions, phenomenon-oriented conditions, contextual conditions, intervening conditions, and strategies and consequences.The research concludes that blockchain fosters a dynamic, reliable, and agile supply chain, creating organizational value and improving performance.

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