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Decisions for Blockchain Adoption and Information Sharing in a Low Carbon Supply Chain

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  • Tianjian Yang

    (School of Modern Post (School of Automation), Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China)

  • Chunmei Li

    (School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China)

  • Xiongping Yue

    (School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China)

  • Beibei Zhang

    (School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China)

Abstract

Enterprises in low-carbon supply chains have been exploring blockchain technology in order to make carbon data transparent. However, there is still some opaque information in the market, such as the value-added service efficiency. How do supply chain members make decisions between information sharing and blockchain adoption? This study considers blockchain adoption and information sharing in a low-carbon supply chain with a single manufacturer and a single retailer. The retailer has private information about value-added services and decides how to share it with the manufacturer. We examine six combined strategies comprised of blockchain scenarios and information sharing formats (no sharing, voluntary sharing, and mandatory sharing). The results indicate that supply chain members prefer blockchain technology under no sharing and voluntary sharing. Under mandatory sharing, supply chain members have incentives to participate in blockchain when the value-added service efficiency exceeds a threshold value. While the manufacturer prefers to obtain the value-added service information, the retailer decides to share information depending on the value-added service efficiency. Besides, supply chain members’ attitude toward the sharing contract also depends on the value-added service efficiency.

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  • Tianjian Yang & Chunmei Li & Xiongping Yue & Beibei Zhang, 2022. "Decisions for Blockchain Adoption and Information Sharing in a Low Carbon Supply Chain," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(13), pages 1-23, June.
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