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Risk management of supply chains in the digital transformation era: contribution and challenges of blockchain technology

Komal Rauniyar (School of Management, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, China)
Xiaobo Wu (School of Management, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, China)
Shivam Gupta (Department of Information Systems, Supply Chain Management and Decision Support, NEOMA Business School, Reims, France)
Sachin Modgil (Department of Operations Management, International Management Institute Kolkata, Kolkata, India)
Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour (Metis Lab, EM Normandie Business School, Paris, France)

Industrial Management & Data Systems

ISSN: 0263-5577

Article publication date: 15 February 2022

Issue publication date: 3 February 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

The high degree of likely disruption challenges organizations at all levels to develop and implement innovative strategies. Ensuring supply chain continuity even during emergency and complex situations is critical for organizations. Therefore, this study explores some strategies adopted by firms based on innovation and blockchain-enabled digital transformation to reduce risk in their supply chain.

Design/methodology/approach

This study follows the qualitative form of enquiry. The authors interviewed 26 professionals from the supply chain domain. After three-layered coding and mapping multiple layers to the data of interviews, the authors identified emerging themes and sub-themes through a thematic analysis.

Findings

The authors identified type of risks that can affect global supply chains along with both the role of blockchain and innovation culture in minimizing the degree of such risks and the challenges in adopting blockchain technologies. This led us to develop a framework to address supply chain risk through digital transformation through innovation and blockchain.

Practical implications

This research offers exciting implications for practice by drawing on the insights gathered to facilitate supply chain risk management through innovation and blockchain applications for organizations that are strongly impacted by digital transformation practices around the world. The study also offers the utilization of a framework followed by propositions to reduce supply chain risks in the digital transformation era.

Originality/value

This study focuses on presenting a mechanism of supply chain risk management through the application of innovation and blockchain technology for the digital transformation of a value chain. Blockchain can offer an innovative platform to ready the supply chain for future dynamic situations.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71832013; 72172140; 71821002).

Citation

Rauniyar, K., Wu, X., Gupta, S., Modgil, S. and Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, A.B. (2023), "Risk management of supply chains in the digital transformation era: contribution and challenges of blockchain technology", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 123 No. 1, pp. 253-277. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-04-2021-0235

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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