On Deploying Blockchain Technologies in Supply Chain Strategies and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Outlook
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Blockchain in Supply Chain Management
3. Review Methodology
4. Results of the Literature Review Analysis
4.1. Blockchain Technologies
Blockchain Technologies | Number of Documents | References |
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Digitalization | 22 | Bahn et al. [57]; Betcheva et al. [58]; Butt [59]; Chamola et al. [13]; Chowdhury et al. [60]; Cordeiro et al. [61]; Fusco et al. [62]; Guo et al. [63]; Karmaker et al. [64]; Kumar [65]; Kumar and Kumar Singh [66]; Labaran and Hamma-Adama [67]; Liu et al. [68]; Narayanamurthy and Tortorella [69]; Papadopoulos et al. [70]; Paul and Chowdhury [3]; Quayson et al. [71]; Sharma et al. [72]; Siriwardhana et al. [73]; Starr et al. [74]; Sufian et al. [75]; Yeganeh [76] |
Visibility | 10 | Acioli et al. [77]; Agarwal et al. [78]; Akhigbe et al. [79]; Finkenstadt and Handfield [80]; Golan et al. [20]; Ivanov [7]; Kovács and Falagara Sigala [81]; Lin et al. [82]; Memon et al. [83]; Yang et al. [84] |
Transparency | 1 | Kumar et al. [98] |
Smart contracts | 2 | Ahmad et al. [111]; Lohmer et al. [21] |
Digitalization and visibility | 16 | Choi [99]; de Sousa Jabbour et al. [23]; Di Vaio et al. [85]; Dutta et al. [86]; Gurbuz and Ozkan [87]; Ivanov and Das [88]; Ivanov and Dolgui [5]; Kazancoglu et al. [89]; Kumar and Pundir [90]; Nandi et al. [91]; Nandi et al. [92]; Platt et al. [93]; Tasnim [94]; Xu et al. [95]; Yousif et al. [96]; Zouari et al. [97] |
Digitalization and smart contracts | 1 | Kalla et al. [112] |
Visibility and transparency | 9 | Bakalis et al. [99]; Bumblauskas et al. [100]; Choi [27]; Choi [101]; Iftekhar et al. [102]; Kemp et al. [103]; Montecchi et al. [104]; Pillai and Mohan [105]; Sodhi and Tang [106] |
Visibility and smart contracts | 1 | Lin et al. [113] |
Digitalization, visibility and transparency | 6 | Etemadi et al. [107]; Ivanov and Dolgui [18]; Remko [22]; Rowan and Galanakis [108]; Yadav et al. [109]; Zhang et al. [110] |
Digitalization, visibility and smart contracts | 1 | Bekrar et al. [114] |
Digitalization, transparency and smart contracts | 1 | Dolgui and Ivanov [115] |
All blockchain technologies | 2 | Bamakan et al. [116]; Sharma et al. [14] |
4.2. Methodologies
4.3. Industry Sectors
4.4. Geographical Context
4.5. Sustainability Context
5. Discussion
5.1. Blockchain Technologies and Industry
5.2. Methodologies and Geographical Contexts
5.3. Sustainability Context
6. Research Agendas for Technology Deployment in SCM
6.1. Blockchain Technological Context
6.2. Industrial Contexts
6.3. Methodological Contexts
6.4. Geographical Contexts
6.5. Sustainability Context
7. Conclusions and Future Works
7.1. Theoretical and Practical Findings
7.2. Suggestions for Future Works
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Descriptive Analysis of Reviewed Studies
References | Research Description |
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Acioli et al. [77] | Analyzed the influences of BCT on SC operation in the COVID-19 period. The findings indicate that Industry 4.0 may create issues such as societal inequities connected to man’s position in the global economy by replacing real employees with machinery. |
Agarwal et al. [78] | Discussed the adoption of SC enablers to achieve greater efficiency against the COVID-19 pandemic interruption. The findings explore that among the characteristics of a resilient SC, trackability, and traceability of products get the closest attention. |
Ahmad et al. [112] | Investigated decentralized BCTs to automate forward SC operations for the COVID-19 medical equipment. They offer a security study utilizing Ethereum algorithms to validate the dependability of smart contracts, and they explore solutions using cost analysis. |
Akhigbe et al. [79] | Discussed the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for livestock SC in the COVID-19 situation using a systematic review methodology. The findings show that there are enough advanced technology infrastructures to drive IoT for a variety of management objectives in BCT. |
Bahn et al. [57] | Investigated the digitalization for sustainable agricultural-food systems in the COVID-19 conditions. The findings reveal that digital agriculture adoption is still in its early stages, with high-value agricultural output focusing on national consumers in Gulf nations and export markets in developing nations leading the way. |
Bakalis et al. [100] | The findings show that technologies like IoT and BC are becoming essential in the risk management the food products, and the infrastructure of these technologies are closely related to key criteria like traceability, transparency, efficiency, and product quality to control COVID-19 circumstances. |
Bamakan et al. [117] | The findings demonstrate that BCT might provide obvious advantages such as serialization, tracking, protecting IoT devices and smart contracts in pharmaceutical and medical projects. |
Bekrar et al. [115] | Investigated the digitalizing benefits in the transportation sector facing the COVID-19. The article looked at BCT in various aspects, particularly as a permanent and trustworthy database, a monitoring tool, a smart contract function, and digital signatures. |
Betcheva et al. [58] | Explored the SC thinking in the healthcare industry by considering the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that the complexity in managing healthcare SCs offers opportunities for using technologies that cover visibility and transparency to develop various areas. |
Bumblauskas et al. [101] | Investigated a BC use case in food distribution during the COVID-19 outbreak. The findings indicate that by building visible and transparent food SCs, stakeholders may obtain the required data for deciding on buying food products and supporting businesses. |
Butt [59] | Explored the link between additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0 technologies considering the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings show that deploying technologies allow allows businesses to adapt to consumer demands more quickly, which will hasten the transition to smart manufacturing. |
Chamola et al. [13] | Discussed the utilization of technologies like the BC, AI, and IoT to reduce the influences of the COVID-19 by a comprehensive review. |
Chowdhury et al. [60] | Reviewed the studies on the COVID-19 pandemic in SCs. The findings indicate a scarcity of research that is both empirically constructed and conceptually based. This study also presents research directions for future studies. |
Choi [27] | Investigated the impacts of logistics technologies on transforming the static service operations to the dynamic home mobile service operations in the COVID-19 outbreak. According to the results, by applying BCT, operations could be more transparent, secure, and traceable. |
Choi [102] | Explored the risk analysis in the logistics system during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings indicate that the use of BC might be an efficient solution for several issues such as the need for remote working, enhancing transparency, and support the visibility of the logistics systems. |
Choi [98] | Explored a framework for fighting against the COVID-19. The results show that using AI and BCT may enhance the traceability of patients suspected of infection, and by creating safe digital processes, you can make elections and voting easier. |
Cordeiro et al. [61] | through a bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review, flaws in SCs may be used to develop public policies that increase resiliency, particularly during the COVID-19. |
de Sousa Jabbour et al. [23] | Investigated sustainability of SCs during the COVID-19 pandemic. They presented a framework on four principles related to engineering, collaboration, agility, and culture. Findings show that technologies, especially BCT, play an influential role in the SC agility and risk management culture. |
Di Vaio et al. [85] | Discussed artificial intelligence (AI) in the agricultural-food systems by the systematic literature review. The findings suggest that focusing on digital technologies, IoT, and BC to realize traceability of SCs, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, might be a way to make this industry sector more robust. |
Dolgui and Ivanov [116] | Discussed articles in the special issue utilizing various techniques, as well as compiling the latest findings. The BC, SC robustness, ripple effect, big data, and digital systems are all examples. |
Dutta et al. [86] | Investigated BCT in SC operations by considering the COVID-19 impacts. They looked at a number of industries that may benefit from BCT because of improved visibility and business process management. In addition, a future study plan for this key developing research field is created. |
Etemadi et al. [108] | The findings cover a variety of topics, including BC’s potential for privacy and security problems, smart contract security, fraud monitoring, and tracking database systems to assure food safety and security. |
Finkenstadt and Handfield [80] | The findings show that visibility and velocity are the most important characteristics for facilitating vital judgment reliability in the health care sector. |
Fusco et al. [62] | Discussed the importance of BC in health care, in particular in terms of COVID19-safe clinical practice. Findings indicate that BC may be utilized in a new process with specific attention to risk management. |
Golan et al. [20] | Discussed literature on SC robustness and linkages to sectors like transportation considering the COVID-19’s circumstances. BC was presented as a mechanism for visibility between SC phases, and it may be required to prevent SC network failure. |
Guo et al. [63] | The findings demonstrate that by utilizing BCT, SMEs may be able to successfully adapt to public crises (such as the COVID-19) as a result of digitalization. |
Gurbuz and Ozkan [87] | Findings show that agriculture and food sectors have to adopt innovative approaches such as using modern BCT quickly to face the post-crisis uncertainty. |
Iftekhar et al. [103] | Investigated BCT in the food sector for disruptive situations like the COVID-19. Findings show that the deployment of BCT in the food industry could help to provide more transparency and prevent potential food safety hazards. |
Ivanov [7] | Investigated SC resilience by lean thinking during the COVID-19 outbreak. The findings provide a paradigm that connects several aspects of successful robustness and enables the efficient use of resilience abilities in value generation. |
Ivanov and Das [88] | The results show that the role of technologies in manufacturing the goods is significant concerning the capacity flexibility and product variety during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Ivanov and Dolgui [18] | The findings add to SC risks management studies by improving predictive and reactive choices to make use of the benefits of SC visibility and business sustainability in global enterprises. |
Ivanov and Dolgui [5] | Explored the viability of intertwined supply networks (ISNs) for COVID-19. The results show that SC networks are moving towards the intertwined systems in which the visibility and digitalization technologies will be used as much as possible. |
Kalla et al. [113] | Findings show that BCT is crucial in building a more robust SC and provides a high level of access restrictions and automation through intelligently designed contracts to build a reliable environment, particularly in the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Karmaker et al. [64] | Findings indicate that monetary assistance from the government and SC partners is needed to face the imminent impact of COVID-19 on SC sustainability. |
Kazancoglu et al. [89] | Discussed implementation of BCT in food supply chains based on the COVID-19 disruptions. The results show that there are significant relations between governmental incentives and management and SC visibility. |
Kemp et al. [104] | While increased disclosure rules may offer visibility for traders, policymakers, and some other parties, they suggest that the internalization of transparency standards is highly complicated. |
Kovács and Falagara Sigala [81] | Explored the humanitarian SCs’ opportunities to mitigate and overcome SC disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings show that technological innovations, such as using BC to trace deliveries, might be a good solution for more resiliency. |
Kumar [65] | The findings demonstrate that using BCT in a distributed SC like COVID-19 may considerably minimize wastes and fake demand. |
Kumar et al. [99] | Discussed the applications of industry 4.0 in the healthcare sector in the case of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings show that technologies such as BC can act as significant drivers to build trust and transparency, reducing the impact of identified challenges. |
Kumar and Kumar Singh [66] | The findings indicate that deploying BCT could assist all the food and agricultural stakeholders in overcoming the uncertain business environment like COVID-19′s conditions. |
Kumar and Pundir [90] | Analyzed the deployment of BCT and IoT enablers in the pharmaceutical SC confronting the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed framework could enhance the visibility, transparency, and privacy of the medical SC. |
Labaran and Hamma-Adama [67] | The findings indicate some barriers to BC adoption within the Nigerian pharmaceutical SC, including the degree of knowledge of BCT between participants and governmental authorities, are extremely weak. |
Lin et al. [114] | The findings demonstrate that the BCT, such as smart contracts and traceability, has significant influences on developing agricultural applications, and it generates a more productive food SC, particularly for post-COVID-19′s circumstances. |
Lin et al. [82] | The findings suggest that attitudes and observed behavior controlling characteristics have a substantial and favorable impact on the desire to use BC food traceability technology to address COVID-19 disruptions. |
Liu et al. [68] | The findings include a description of the study objectives, theoretical framework, and findings for emerging innovations such as BCT in operations and supply chain sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Lohmer et al. [21] | Discussed the effects of the deployment of BCT on SC Resilience by considering the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings show that the BCT could intensify collaboration through smart contracts, and that sharing data using a BC solution could be useful on the disruption duration. |
Memon et al. [83] | Investigated the COVID-19 situation in China and India, looking deeper into the pandemic’s influence on the food and beverage industry, as well as exploring the programs and initiatives implemented for more resiliency. |
Montecchi et al. [105] | Investigated the existing research on supply chain transparency. The findings provide a framework for academics to use in further research and for operators to use in their methods for new challenges that face supply chains concerning the COVID-19′ conditions. |
Nandi et al. [91] | The findings from use cases demonstrate that BCT can help improve the global economy during the COVID-19 pandemic by supporting SC monitoring, traceability, and reactivity. |
Nandi et al. [92] | The authors looked into how businesses might improve their flexibility and digitalization by utilizing BCT resources, During COVID-19. The findings propose a paradigm for further evaluating the link between SC resiliency and company capabilities. |
Narayanamurthy and Tortorella [69] | Discussed the influences of the COVID-19 outbreak on employee performance. Findings show that industry 4.0 technologies, particularly the BCT, moderate the enhancement of employee performance. |
Papadopoulos et al. [70] | Investigated the digitalization of companies during extreme and global disruptions. The findings show that digital technologies could be useful for small and intermediate enterprises to keep maintaining their activities during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Paul and Chowdhury [3] | Devised a production recovery strategy for essential goods like healthcare products confronting the COVID-19 outbreak. Findings show that BCT may help with the recovery process and that managers can use these technologies throughout the revival period. |
Pillai and Mohan [106] | Discussed the blockchain usage in SCs operations in the contexts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research concentrates on the function of BCT as a solution in a public distribution system for enhancing transparency and visibility across SC stakeholders. |
Platt et al. [93] | Through a comprehensive review analysis, the authors looked at the use of BCT for improving digital contact tracking and reporting. The findings suggest that BCT may have a greater impact on public health in fields other than contact tracing. |
Quayson et al. [71] | The study investigates how digitalization might protect the most fragile members of SC from catastrophic shocks, particularly for post-COVID-19′ circumstances. |
Remko [22] | The results implicate that BCT deployment for enhancing visibility and transparency is an effective solution for improving SC resilience during and post COVID-19. |
Rowan and Galanakis [109] | The findings indicate that the usage of BCT has the potential to significantly improve safety and security, and could also offer authenticity and traceability for agricultural and food SC for confronting after COVID-19 pandemic. |
Sharma et al. [14] | The findings suggest that technologies like AI, automation, BCT, and deep learning might be critical for improving visibility and efficiency throughout the SC. |
Sharma et al. [72] | Explored the priorities for retail SCs to integrate the operational activities for the post-COVID-19 period. According to findings, to mitigate the risks posed by COVID-19, organizations could leverage new technologies like BC. |
Siriwardhana et al. [73] | Addressed new approaches like BCT and IoT in the retail sector, working remotely, and smart manufacturing considering the COVID-19’s conditions. |
Sodhi and Tang [107] | Explored SCM challenges for extreme conditions like the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper list research opportunities for SCM in extreme conditions, such as the usage of new technologies like BC to upgrade SC capacity in distribution conditions. |
Starr et al. [74] | Developed a digital foundation for the real estate industry by using Industry 4.0 technologies. The paper provides a primer on how BCT can embrace the rapid changes after the COVID-19 situation. |
Sufian et al. [75] | Reviewed different methodologies in smart manufacturing by evaluating the newest trends of BCT. The findings show that the proposed plan may be used as a practical tool to fill the gap between advanced technologies and their industrial applications. |
Tasnim [94] | Discussed a theoretical review of global food SC disruption considering the COVID-19 pandemic and digitalization by BCT. The results show that visibility and traceability have a foremost role in firms’ SCM. |
Xu et al. [95] | Proposed a theoretical framework that comprises four scenarios in the context of BCT for the implementation in coastal constructions considering the COVID-19’ circumstances. |
Yadav et al. [110] | Explored the usage of BCT and IoT for developing the sustainability of agricultural-food SC under epidemic outbreaks such as COVID-19. This paper guides the organization’s managers in their strategic planning based on digitalization enablers. |
Yang et al. [84] | The authors conceptualize SC visibility as a mechanistic control to enhance supply chain resilience to manage crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Yeganeh [76] | The study found that the key changes triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, notably the growing impact of large technologies, are a culmination of the upheavals of the previous decades, resulting in a new sort of globalization defined by extensive accessibility and intangible value. |
Yousif et al. [96] | Discussed IoT and BCT during and beyond COVID-19 through a comprehensive review. The findings outline potential research directions for next-generation IoT and BCT applications that could improve the SCs’ performance. |
Zhang et al. [111] | Examined the history and prospects of operations management research. According to the findings, companies need to develop three essential capacities: connection, transparency, and consistency, to attain operating agility, resiliency, and viability in the age of Industry 4.0 age. |
Zouari et al. [97] | Explored digitalization impacts on the SC resilience confronting the COVID-19 conditions. According to the authors, the level of digitalization and the deployment of digital technologies have a favorable influence on SC robustness. |
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Digitalization | Visibility | Transparency | Smart Contracts | Explanatory | Conceptual | Case Study | Simulation | Mathematical | Survey | Interview | Literature Review | Decision Making | Statistical | Food and Agriculture | Health Care | Retail | Real State | Construction | Automotive | Transportation | Mining | Multiple Industries | Not Specified | India | China | US | Europe | Australia | Africa | Hong Kong | Middle East | Bangladesh | Multiple Countries | Not Specified | Waste Issues | Environmental | Economic Issues | Social Issues | |
Acioli et al. [77] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Agarwal et al. [78] | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ahmad et al. [112] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akhigbe et al. [79] | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bahn et al. [57] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bakalis et al. [100] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bamakan et al. [117] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bekrar et al. [115] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Betcheva et al. [58] | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bumblauskas et al. [101] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butt [59] | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chamola et al. [13] | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chowdhury et al. [60] | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choi [27] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cordeiro et al. [61] | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
de Sousa Jabbour et al. [23] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Di Vaio et al. [85] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dolgui and Ivanov [116] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutta et al. [86] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iftekhar et al. [103] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kazancoglu et al. [89] | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Journal Title | Number of Documents |
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International Journal of Production Economics | 5 |
IEEE Engineering Management Review | 4 |
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review | 4 |
Sustainability | 3 |
IEEE Access | 3 |
International Journal of Production Research | 2 |
International Journal of Information Management | 2 |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2 |
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management | 2 |
Journal of Cleaner Production | 2 |
Journal of Enterprise Information Management | 2 |
Journal of Supply Chain Management | 2 |
Sustainable Production and Consumption | 2 |
International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications | 2 |
International Journal of Operations and Production Management | 2 |
Business Strategy and the Environment | 1 |
Industrial Management and Data Systems | 1 |
Applied Sciences | 1 |
Big Data and Cognitive Computing | 1 |
Continuity and Resilience Review | 1 |
Critical Perspectives on International Business | 1 |
Current Research in Food Science | 1 |
Designs | 1 |
Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews | 1 |
Environment Systems and Decisions | 1 |
Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 1 |
European Journal of Business and Management | 1 |
Foods | 1 |
Frontiers of Business Research in China | 1 |
Future Internet | 1 |
Information | 1 |
International Journal of Integrated Supply Management | 1 |
International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management | 1 |
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance | 1 |
Journal of Business Research | 1 |
Journal of Food Quality | 1 |
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management | 1 |
Journal of Property Investment and Finance | 1 |
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management | 1 |
Journal of Scientific Research and Reports | 1 |
Journal of Supply Chain Management Systems | 1 |
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management | 1 |
Modern Supply Chain Research and Applications | 1 |
Production and Operations Management | 1 |
Production Planning and Control | 1 |
The International Journal of Logistics Management | 1 |
Annals of Operations Research | 1 |
Science of the Total Environment | 1 |
Total | 72 |
Methodology | Particular Field | Number of Documents | References |
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Empirical | Case study | 2 | Betcheva et al. [58]; Bumblauskas et al. [100] |
Survey | 3 | Guo et al. [63]; Lin et al. [113]; Yang et al. [84] | |
Quantitative | Simulation | 2 | Ivanov and Das [88]; Lohmer et al. [21] |
Mathematical | 6 | Ahmad et al. [111]; Choi [27]; Ivanov and Dolgui [116]; Karmaker et al. [64]; Kumar [65]; Paul and Chowdhury [3] | |
Qualitative | Explanatory | 20 | Bahn et al. [57]; Butt [59]; Choi [27]; Choi [101]; Dolgui and Ivanov [115]; Kalla et al. [112]; Kovács and Falagara Sigala [81]; Liu et al. [68]; Nandi et al. [91]; Nandi et al. [92]; Papadopoulos et al. [70]; Pillai and Mohan [105]; Platt et al. [93]; Quayson et al. [71]; Rowan and Galanakis [108]; Sharma et al. [14]; Siriwardhana et al. [73]; Sodhi and Tang [106]; Tasnim [94]; Zhang et al. [110] |
Conceptual | 6 | de Sousa Jabbour et al. [23]; Finkenstadt and Handfield [80]; Iftekhar et al. [102]; Ivanov [7]; Ivanov and Dolgui [116]; Starr et al. [74] | |
Interview | 3 | Labaran and Hamma-Adama [67]; Remko [22]; Yeganeh [76] | |
Decision-making | MCDM Methods | 5 | Agarwal et al. [78]; Kazancoglu et al. [89]; Kumar and Kumar Singh [66]; Yadav et al. [109]; Zouari et al. [97] |
SWOT | 1 | Fusco et al. [62] | |
Review | Literature Review/Systematic Literature Review | 15 | Acioli et al. [77]; Akhigbe et al. [79]; Bakalis et al. [99]; Bekrar et al. [114]; Chamola et al. [13]; Chowdhury et al. [60]; Cordeiro et al. [61]; Di Vaio et al. [85]; Dutta et al. [86]; Etemadi et al. [107]; Golan et al. [20]; Kumar et al. [98]; Kumar and Pundir [90]; Montecchi et al. [104]; Yousif et al. [96] |
Multiple methods | Explanatory and Statistical | 1 | Memon et al. [83] |
Conceptual and Survey | 1 | Lin et al. [82] | |
Conceptual and Interview | 1 | Xu et al. [95] | |
Conceptual and Review | 1 | Sufian et al. [75] | |
Case study and Review | 2 | Bamakan et al. [116]; Kemp et al. [103] | |
Mathematical and Decision-making | 1 | Sharma et al. [72] | |
Survey and Statistical | 2 | Gurbuz and Ozkan [87]; Narayanamurthy and Tortorella [69] |
Industrial Sector | Number of Documents | References |
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Food–Agriculture | 19 | Akhigbe et al. [79]; Bahn et al. [57]; Bakalis et al. [99]; Bumblauskas et al. [100]; Di Vaio et al. [85]; Gurbuz and Ozkan [87]; Iftekhar et al. [102]; Ivanov and Dolgui [116]; Kazancoglu et al. [89]; Kumar [65]; Kumar and Kumar Singh [66]; Lin et al. [82]; Lin et al. [113]; Memon et al. [83]; Pillai and Mohan [105]; Quayson et al. [71]; Rowan and Galanakis [108]; Tasnim [94]; Yadav et al. [109] |
Healthcare | 8 | Ahmad et al. [111]; Bamakan et al. [116]; Betcheva et al. [58]; Finkenstadt and Handfield [80]; Fusco et al. [62]; Labaran and Hamma-Adama [67]; Paul and Chowdhury [3]; Platt et al. [93] |
Healthcare and Transportation | 2 | Kovács and Falagara Sigala [81]; Yousif et al. [96] |
Healthcare and Retail | 1 | Kumar et al. [98] |
Retail | 1 | Sharma et al. [72] |
Retail and Real estate | 1 | Starr et al. [74] |
Construction | 1 | Xu et al. [95] |
Mining | 1 | Kemp et al. [103] |
automotive | 1 | Agarwal et al. [78] |
Transportation | 2 | Bekrar et al. [114]; Choi [27] |
Multiple industries | 8 | Chamola et al. [13]; Chowdhury et al. [60]; Cordeiro et al. [61]; Dutta et al. [86]; Golan et al. [20]; Guo et al. [63]; Nandi et al. [91]; Yang et al. [84] |
Geographical Context | Number of Documents | References | |
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Asia | India | 5 | Agarwal et al. [78]; Kumar [65]; Kumar and Kumar Singh [66]; Narayanamurthy and Tortorella [69]; Pillai and Mohan [106] |
China | 3 | Guo et al. [63]; Lin et al. [82]; Lin et al. [113] | |
Hong Kong | 2 | Choi [27]; Xu et al. [95] | |
Middle East | 1 | Bamakan et al. [116] | |
Bangladesh | 1 | Karmaker et al. [64] | |
China and Hong Kong | 1 | Yang et al. [84] | |
India and China | 1 | Memon et al. [83] | |
Middle East and Africa | 1 | Bahn et al. [57] | |
US | 3 | Bumblauskas et al. [100]; Finkenstadt and Handfield [80]; Remko [22] | |
Europe | Ireland | 1 | Rowan and Galanakis [108] |
France | 1 | Zouari et al. [97] | |
Australia | 1 | Paul and Chowdhury [3] | |
Africa | 2 | Quayson et al. [71]; Labaran and Hamma-Adama [67] | |
Multiple countries | 5 | Betcheva et al. [58]; Chamola et al. [13]; Chowdhury et al. [60]; Ivanov and Das [88]; Kemp et al. [103] |
Sustainability Context | Number of Documents | References |
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Waste Issues | 4 | Ahmad et al. [111]; Bamakan et al. [116]; Ivanov [7]; Kemp et al. [103] |
Environmental Issues | 1 | Kovács and Falagara Sigala, [81] |
Economic Issues | 5 | Karmaker et al. [64]; Nandi et al. [92]; Bahn et al. [57]; de Sousa Jabbour et al. [23]; Di Vaio et al. [85] |
Social Issues | 2 | Acioli et al. [77]; Narayanamurthy and Tortorella [69] |
Waste and Economic Issues | 1 | Kazancoglu et al. [89] |
Economic and Social Issues | 1 | Yeganeh et al. [76] |
Waste, Environmental, and Economic Issues | 2 | Rowan and Galanakis [108]; Yadav et al. [109] |
Studies Context | Research Questions and Opportunities | Suggestions |
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BCT context | (1) How do transparency and smart contract technologies impact the various sectors of the industry considering the COVID-19 pandemic? | |
(2) What are the effects of BCT deployment during the COVID-19 pandemic on SCs, especially for high-demand items? | ||
(3) How do the COVID-19 circumstances affect the willingness of several sectors of industries to use BCT? | Circumstances: the necessity for WFH, traceability and transparency | |
(4) How might the BCT deployment will lead to a more resilient SC for the post-COVID-19 era? | ||
(5) What are the factors that impact blockchain adoption in several sectors from the perspective of COVID-19? | Factors: BCT’s services in uncertain conditions, Infrastructure availability, Cost-benefit features | |
Industrial contexts | (1) How does the BCT deployment affect the agricultural-food and healthcare sectors considering the COVID-19 circumstances, particularly transparency and smart contact technologies? | |
(2) How has the retail sector been influenced by BCT usage? | Subject: Online shopping services | |
(3) How do transportation and logistics engage with the usage of BCT during the COVID-19 pandemic? | Subjects: Domestic and transnational freight transportation services Uncertainty border restrictions, the uncertainty of supply and demand | |
(4) How does the COVID-19 pandemic impact the technology and communication sectors’ markets? | Subjects: Working from home requirements Social distancing necessity | |
(5) In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, how is the energy sector, such as the oil business, engaging with the BCT? | Subjects: Border closure influences Quarantine and avoiding the use of passenger transportation systems | |
Methodological contexts | (1) How could practical information from different industries with regard to deploying BCT be collected at the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic? | Methodologies: Use interview method in very early phases Use surveys in the next phases Use of decision-making methods |
(2) What are the practical findings of various industries’ performances during and after the COVID-19 pandemic considering BCT deployment? | Methodologies: Use statistics methods to estimate predictions, such as regression models and data learning models Use mathematical methods to analyze choice behaviors, such as logit models and stated preference experiments | |
Geographical contexts | (1) What are the geographical findings of various industries’ performance for BCT and COVID-19? | Subjects: Case studies from various sectors in various countries Literature reviews on the practices, and policies, and achievements of various industries in various nations, as well as the causes of their success or failure, considering BCT usage |
(2) What are the findings regarding government performance in connection to BCT during and after the COVID-19 pandemic? | Subjects: Evaluate functional solutions, and identify both effective and ineffective policies at the government level From a government viewpoint, investigating the required infrastructure and investments in the field of BCT in various businesses for the post-Covid-19 period, as well as coping with future pandemics | |
Sustainability context | (1) How could BCT help maintain a sustainable supply chain in the face of disruptions like the COVID-19 pandemic? | Subjects: New conceptual models and qualitative approaches, case studies, and quantitative results Policies, strategies, and governance supports in the promotion of SSC via BCT |
(2) How may the deployment of various BCTs improve the performance of sustainable supply chains during and after the COVID-19 pandemic? | Subjects: Data safety and security to improve the circular economy with the use of BCT, such as visibility and transparency Digitalized documentation for effective take-back and closed-loop supply chains using smart contracts | |
(3) How may the implementation of BCT help to alleviate environmental concerns (such as climate change and GHG emissions) before, during, and after COVID-19? | Subjects: monitoring the environmental pollutions through BCT from supply chains and logistics Understanding new waste management strategies through BCT | |
(4) How does the BCT influence societal concerns like job insecurity and employee performance during the COVID-19 pandemic? | Subjects: case studies and interviews with people from various industries to see how working from home and utilizing BCT affects their performance The influence of insurance plans and government assistance on job security concerns |
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