Call for Papers
Special Issue: Blockchain in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Blockchain technology (BCT) has emerged as an enabling technology that can provide traceability, provenance and transparency in business operations, across complex global supply chain ecosystems, where leanness, agility, and speed are crucial, in addition to achieving social sustainability. It is considered one of the most disruptive technologies representing decentralised environment for transactions, self-executing digital contracts (smart contracts) and intelligent asset management over the Internet, providing a single-view to the entities (users) involved in the transaction. Therefore, the key characteristics of BCT will significantly impact the organisational governance, supply-chain relationships, operations strategy, digital transformation pathway and existing supply-chain business models. BCT when integrated with other technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence, will help to increase the efficiency of supply chain through agile data-driven decision-making based on high quality data (stored in Blockchain) and further facilitating supply chain transparency that will also afford product traceability, authenticity and legitimacy, and enhance subsupplier transparency that will alleviate social sustainability problem in multi-tier supply networks.
Despite the potential of BCT for the field of Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM), it has thus far received extremely limited attention in the OSCM literature, except for a few studies reporting a systematic review of literature reflecting on the characteristics of the technology, potential drivers in a business environment and technical challenges to deploy it. However, empirical evidence and research on developing new models and contemporary tools to assess several elements related to the technology, including and not limited to, performance, organisational readiness, risk assessment, operations strategy, integration with existing ERP systems and supply chain business models, will facilitate deeper understanding of the benefits offered by the technology that in-turn will help managers and relevant decision-makers to systematically assess the impact of BCT on their respective organisation and supply chain model. Furthermore, research into application of BCT within OSCM literature will require examining the relevance of existing theories and either developing new theories or extending existing theories that will facilitate better understanding of this contemporary phenomenon and its impact on supply chain relationships, operations strategy, workforce management, business partnerships, value creation, social legislations and business transparency.
For this special issue, we expect original research papers reporting empirical evidence, models and tools, and developing new theories contributing to the application of BCT in OSCM.
The main topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Impact of BCT on supply chain relationships
- BCT and trust in OSCM
- Blockchain adoption and risk assessment
- Blockchain adoption and performance measurement
- Blockchain and supply chain sustainability
- Blockchain and social sustainability
- Blockchain and OSCM theories
- Blockchain and operations strategy
- Blockchain and supply chain intelligence
- Blockchain readiness models and empirical assessment
- Blockchain analytics for business operations
- Blockchain and data-driven decision making
- Smart contracts in OSCM – feasibility , use-cases and business performance
- Smart contract rules and governance
- Blockchain – managerial/business perspectives
- New business/supply chain models using BCT
- Blockchain – consumer perspectives
- Blockchain and sustainability development goals in OSCM
Instructions for Authors can be found at:
https://www.springer.com/journal/10479/submission-guidelines
Important Dates
31 September 2020Submission deadline
(early submission recommended, referee process starts once the paper is received, accepted papers will be published individually online as they are accepted)
31 March 2021Notification of status and acceptance of paper
31 August 2021Revised manuscripts
31 December 2021 Final version of paper
Guest Editors
Professor Ali Emrouznejad (Managing Guest Editor)
E: A.Emrouznejad@aston.ac.uk
Professor Business Analytics
Operations and Information Management Department
Aston Business School, Aston University
Dr. Soumyadeb Chowdhury
E: S.chowdhury5@aston.ac.uk
Lecturer Information and Communication Technology
Operations and Information Management Department
Aston Business School, Aston University
Professor Prasanta Dey
E: deypk@aston.ac.uk
Professor in Operations and Information Management
Aston Business School, Aston University
征集论文
特刊：运营与供应链管理中的区块链
区块链技术（BCT）已经成为一种赋能技术，能够在复杂的全球供应链生态系统中提供商业运营的可追溯性、来源和透明度，除了实现社会可持续性外，精简、敏捷和速度至关重要。它被认为是最具颠覆性的技术之一，代表着分散的交易环境、自动执行的数字契约（智能契约）和互联网上的智能资产管理，为参与交易的实体（用户）提供单一的视图。因此，BCT的关键特性将对组织治理、供应链关系、运营战略、数字化转型路径和现有供应链商业模式产生重大影响。当BCT与物联网、大数据分析和人工智能等其他技术相结合时，通过基于高质量数据（存储在区块链中）的敏捷数据驱动决策，将有助于提高供应链的效率，并进一步促进供应链的透明度，从而提供产品的可追溯性、真实性和合法性，并提高次级供应商的透明度，以缓解多级供应网络中的社会可持续性问题。
尽管BCT在运营和供应链管理（OSCM）领域具有潜力，但到目前为止，在OSCM文献中，它受到的关注极为有限，除了少数研究报告了系统的文献回顾，这些文献反映了技术特征、商业环境中潜在驱动因素和部署它的技术挑战。然而，关于开发新模型和现代工具以评估与技术相关的若干要素的实证证据和研究，包括但不限于绩效、组织准备、风险评估、运营战略、与现有ERP系统和供应链商业模式的整合，将有助于更深入地了解该技术所带来的好处，进而帮助管理者和相关决策者系统地评估BCT对各自组织和供应链模型的影响。此外，BCT在OSCM文献中的应用研究，需要检查现有理论的相关性，开发新理论或扩展现有理论，以便更好地理解这一当代现象及其对供应链关系、运营战略，劳动力管理、商业伙伴关系、价值创造、社会立法和商业透明度的影响。
对于这一特刊，我们期望原创的研究论文报告实证证据，模型和工具，并开发新的理论，以促进BCT在OSCM中的应用。
感兴趣的主要主题包括但不限于：
- BCT对供应链关系的影响
- OSCM中的BCT和信任
- 区块链采用和风险评估
- 区块链采用和绩效测量
- 区块链和供应链可持续性
- 区块链和社会可持续性
- 区块链和OSCM理论
- 区块链和运营战略
- 区块链和供应链智能
- 区块链准备模型和实证评估
- 业务运营区块链分析
- 区块链和数据驱动决策
- OSCM中的智能契约-可行性、用例和业务绩效
- 智能契约规则和治理
- 区块链——管理/业务视角
- 使用BCT的新业务/供应链模式
- 区块链——消费者视角
- OSCM的区块链和可持续发展目标
作者指南可在以下网址找到：
2020年9月31日提交截止日期
（建议提前提交，收到论文后即开始评审过程，接收的论文将在被接收时单独在线发布）
2021年3月31日论文状态和接收通知
2021年8月31日修订稿
2021年12月31日论文最终版本
特邀编辑
Ali Emrouznejad教授（执行特邀编辑）
电子邮件：A.Emrouznejad@aston.ac.uk
商业分析教授
运营与信息管理系
阿斯顿大学阿斯顿商学院
Soumyadeb Chowdhury博士
电子邮件：S.chowdhury5@aston.ac.uk
信息与通信技术讲师
运营与信息管理系
阿斯顿大学阿斯顿商学院
Prasanta Dey教授
电子邮件：deypk@aston.ac.uk
运营与信息管理教授
阿斯顿大学阿斯顿商学院