Nir Kshetri

Blockchain and Supply Chain Management (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Blockchain and Supply Chain Management combines discussions of blockchain and supply chains, linking technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, satellite imagery, and machine vision. The book examines blockchain's basic concepts, relevant theories, and its roles in meeting key supply chain objectives. The book addresses problems related to inefficiency, opacity, and fraud, helping the digitization process, simplifying the value creation process, and facilitating collaboration. The book is balanced between blockchain and supply chain application and theory, covering the latest technological, organizational and regulatory developments in blockchain from a supply chain perspective.

The book discusses the opportunities, barriers, and enablers of blockchain in supply chain policy, along with legal and ethical implications. Supply chain management faces massive disruption with the dynamic changes in global trade, the impact of Covid-19, and technological innovation. Entire industries are also being transformed by blockchain, with some of the most promising applications in supply chain management.

• Provides theoretical and practical insights into both blockchain and supply chains
• Features numerous illustrative case studies, boxes, tables, and figures
• Examines blockchain's impacts on supply chains in four key industries: Food and beverage, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and finance

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780323899352
• Artikelnr.: 61689499

Autorenporträt

Nir Kshetri is Professor of Management at University of North Carolina-Greensboro. He is the author of 9 books covering such topics as big data, cloud computing, and cybersecurity, plus author of more than 150 journal articles. He has won several awards for his work including , IEEE IT Professional's Most Popular Paper Award in 2019 and 2018, Outstanding Contribution in Authorships award in 2019, and the Blockchain Connect Conference's Most Influential Blockchain Research Paper in 2019. His editorial roles include Computing Economics editor of Computer, IT Economics editor of IT Professional and Associate Editor of Electronic Commerce Research. Nir and his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, Scientific American, Fortune, Time, Christian Science Monitor, Bloomberg TV, and CBS News.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Blockchain in supply chain: Key issues and concepts1. Blockchain in supply chain: Recent developments and key issues2. Blockchain's roles in meeting key supply chain objectives3. Amplifying the Value of blockchain in SC: Combining with other technologies

Part 2: Impacts on major industries and activities4. The Food and Beverage industry5. The Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industry6. The Finance Industry

Part 3: Opportunities, challenges, implications and the way forward7. Opportunities, barriers, and enablers of blockchain in supply chain8. Policy, legal and ethical implications9. Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendations