The outbreak of COVID-19 has significantly affected the development of enterprises.In the post-pandemic era,blockchain technology has become one of the important technologies to help enterprises quickly gain market co...The outbreak of COVID-19 has significantly affected the development of enterprises.In the post-pandemic era,blockchain technology has become one of the important technologies to help enterprises quickly gain market competitiveness.The heavy investment required of supply chain stakeholders to employ blockchain technology has hindered its adoption and application.To tackle this issue,this study aims to facilitate the adoption of blockchain technology in a supply chain consisting of a core enterprise and a small/medium-sized enterprise through an effective supply chain contract.We analyze the performance of a cost-sharing(CS)contract and a revenue-sharing(RS)contract and propose a new hybrid CS-RS contract for better performance.We conduct comparative analyses of the three contracts and find that the hybrid CS-RS contract can more effectively incentivize both parties to reach the highest level of blockchain technology adoption and achieve supply chain coordination.展开更多
基金funded by the Major Program of the National Social Science Foundation of China(Grant No.18ZDA060)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.71672121)Tianjin Science and Technology Planning Project(Grant No.22ZLGCGX00060).
文摘The outbreak of COVID-19 has significantly affected the development of enterprises.In the post-pandemic era,blockchain technology has become one of the important technologies to help enterprises quickly gain market competitiveness.The heavy investment required of supply chain stakeholders to employ blockchain technology has hindered its adoption and application.To tackle this issue,this study aims to facilitate the adoption of blockchain technology in a supply chain consisting of a core enterprise and a small/medium-sized enterprise through an effective supply chain contract.We analyze the performance of a cost-sharing(CS)contract and a revenue-sharing(RS)contract and propose a new hybrid CS-RS contract for better performance.We conduct comparative analyses of the three contracts and find that the hybrid CS-RS contract can more effectively incentivize both parties to reach the highest level of blockchain technology adoption and achieve supply chain coordination.
