Factors Affecting the Use of Blockchain Technology in Humanitarian Supply Chain: A Novel Fuzzy Large-Scale Group-DEMATEL

Lu Chen (), Ayad Hendalianpour (), Mohammad Reza Feylizadeh () and Haiyan Xu ()
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Lu Chen: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Ayad Hendalianpour: Soshianest Enterprise Miner
Mohammad Reza Feylizadeh: Islamic Azad University
Haiyan Xu: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Group Decision and Negotiation, 2023, vol. 32, issue 2, No 5, 359-394

Abstract: Abstract Based on previous evidence, the use of blockchain for improving Supply Chains (SCs) regarding humanitarian projects has received attention over the past five years. The present study is innovative in investigating crucial parameters affecting the using of Blockchain Technology (BT) in Humanitarian Supply Chains (HSCs). More precisely, this study emphasizes parameters that affect blockchain in the HSCs and presents a new fuzzy large-scale group decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (fuzzy large-scale group-DEMATEL) approach to analyze the interdependence of contributing factors for using BT in HSCs. This method consists of two stages: (1) clustering the large-scale group-experts into small subgroups by their characteristics, and (2) identifying the key factors affecting BT in HSCs with a novel fuzzy large-scale group-DEMATEL approach. According to experts, in this study, among the 25 evaluated factors, disintermediation has been identified as the most important one, followed by anonymity and security. A closer look reveals that 13 and 12 factors have been “cause” and “effect” factors, respectively. Our research can be used to promote the effectiveness of using BT in HSCs, so as to promote the proper distribution of relief materials in practical disasters.

Keywords: Blockchain technology; Humanitarian supply chains; Fuzzy sets; Large-scale group-DEMATEL (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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