{"title":"Operational disclosure as supply chain disruption signals: cross-industry evidence from crisis announcements","authors":"Tingshu Hung,Chia-Hung Chuang,Nallan C. Suresh","doi":"10.1108/scm-12-2025-1246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-12-2025-1246","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose This study aims to examine how firms use operational announcements to signal supply chain resilience during large-scale disruptions. Focusing on periods of heightened uncertainty, it investigates whether disclosure frequency and tone shape investor reactions differently across industries with varying supply chain exposure. The purpose is to clarify when transparency stabilizes external expectations and when communication loses effectiveness under systemic disruption. Design/methodology/approach Using a short-window event study, the analysis evaluates abnormal stock returns surrounding firm-level operational announcements issued during a major disruption period. Announcements are manually collected from leading US news outlets and classified by sentiment, industry type and technology orientation. Cross-sectional and nonparametric tests are applied to compare market reactions across sectors and announcement characteristics. Findings The results reveal four consistent patterns. Industries with higher operational exposure issue more frequent and negatively framed disclosures. Investors react more strongly to negative announcements from traditionally stable sectors, indicating expectation violation effects. High-communication sectors exhibit muted market responses consistent with information fatigue. In contrast, traditional industries generate stronger abnormal returns from positive announcements, reflecting a strategic surprise effect linked to perceived adaptability. Research limitations/implications The analysis focuses on short-term market reactions during a single disruption context. Although the empirical setting reflects an extreme global shock, future research could examine whether similar disclosure dynamics emerge under other forms of supply chain disruption, such as geopolitical tensions, trade policy shocks or infrastructure failures. Practical implications The findings suggest that public disclosures should be treated as part of supply chain disruption management rather than routine reporting. Transparent communication linked to concrete operational actions can stabilize expectations in high-exposure industries, whereas excessive updates may dilute impact in information-saturated sectors. Managers should align disclosure strategies with industry-specific supply chain vulnerabilities and stakeholder expectations. Originality/value This study positions corporate announcements as an operational signaling mechanism within supply chain disruption management. By combining event study evidence with cross-industry analysis, it demonstrates how disclosure strategies interact with supply chain exposure and stakeholder expectations. The research extends supply chain resilience literature by highlighting the external valuation effects of operational transparency under systemic disruptions.","PeriodicalId":30468,"journal":{"name":"Supply Chain Management Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"941-956"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149151603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antonio Piepoli,Roberta Pellegrino,Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo,Andrea Genovese
{"title":"Supply chain resource orchestration for critical raw material recovery: evidence from the Italian waste management industry","authors":"Antonio Piepoli,Roberta Pellegrino,Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo,Andrea Genovese","doi":"10.1108/scm-01-2026-0032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-01-2026-0032","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose This study aims to investigate how organisations involved in critical raw materials (CRMs) recovery from urban waste respond to external uncertainties, and how such uncertainties generate multi-level dependencies across reverse supply chains (RSCs). Design/methodology/approach Drawing on resource dependence and resource orchestration theories within a critical realist epistemology, this study adopts a qualitative research design using primary and secondary data from waste management companies (WMCs) operating within Italian urban ecosystems. Findings Empirical evidence portrays urban mining as a valuable yet complex pathway for CRM recovery. Actors in RSCs − including upstream collectors, downstream buyers and intermediaries from multiple public-private urban waste streams − face intertwined technological, market, regulatory, cultural and financial uncertainties that generate layered dependencies. In response, such organisations orchestrate resources and capabilities through structuring, bundling and leveraging mechanisms. These mechanisms enable firms to manage dependency asymmetries, stabilise operations and share knowledge with multiple stakeholders, thereby supporting more resilient and sustainable CRM recovery. Originality/value This study advances supply chain management theory by explaining the generative mechanisms linking external uncertainty, dependency structures and resource orchestration for circularity in the waste management industry. It provides novel insights into how CRM recovery is enabled in fragmented, multi-actor environments affected by persistent uncertainty.","PeriodicalId":30468,"journal":{"name":"Supply Chain Management Journal","volume":"53 1","pages":"817-839"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149151604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating masculine norms: identity strategies and gender inequality in logistics leadership","authors":"Tarik Saikouk,Ismail Badraoui,Nejib Fattam,Blandine Ageron","doi":"10.1108/scm-09-2025-0931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-09-2025-0931","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose The purpose of this study is to advance understanding of gender inequality in supply chain management by uncovering the socio-cognitive strategies women use to navigate masculine norms and structural barriers in logistics leadership. Design/methodology/approach Using an abductive qualitative design grounded in social identity theory (SIT), the authors apply the Gioia methodology to analyse interview and documentary data from 43 professionals operating within the French logistics sector. Findings Women navigate masculine logistics environments through three distinct identity strategies: individual mobility, where women assimilate through strategic mimicry and male sponsorship; social creativity, involving the reframing of roles and leveraging perceived feminine advantages like work–family boundary management; and social competition, which is notably rare, highlighting the persistence of symbolic violence that suppresses collective structural challenges. Research limitations/implications This study’s single-country focus and purposive managerial sampling limit statistical generalisation. The findings should therefore be interpreted within the specific institutional, cultural and sectoral context of French logistics. Future comparative and longitudinal studies could explore how different welfare regimes and sectoral environments shape the identity strategy repertoire identified here, and assess its downstream effects on leadership composition and broader supply chain outcomes. Practical implications These insights suggest that improving women’s representation in logistics leadership requires dismantling the masculine legitimacy criteria that dominate the field (e.g. crisis heroism and permanent availability), redesigning key career pathways (e.g. operational rotation and P&L exposure) and fostering the conditions for collective voice rather than perpetuating reliance on individual assimilation strategies. Originality/value This paper provides a localised, empirical lens on gender dynamics in France. It bridges theory and practice by theorising hysteresis as a boundary condition for SIT in male-dominated settings, offering actionable pathways for inclusive supply chain organisations.","PeriodicalId":30468,"journal":{"name":"Supply Chain Management Journal","volume":"29 1","pages":"856-879"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149151611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From supply chain digitalization to resilience: the paradoxical role of supply chain transparency","authors":"Michael Wang,Daniel Prajogo,David M. Gligor","doi":"10.1108/scm-10-2025-0965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-10-2025-0965","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationships between supply chain (SC) digitalization, transparency and resilience within the UK manufacturing sector. Drawing on organizational information processing theory (OIPT), the research examines how intra- and inter-organizational digitalization contribute to resilience and the role of transparency as both a mediator and moderator in these relationships. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 264 UK manufacturing firms. Structural equation modeling was used to validate the research model and test the proposed hypotheses. Findings The results reveal that SC digitalization positively influences SC resilience through SC transparency. However, transparency also exerts a negative moderating effect on the relationships between both intra- and inter-organizational digitalization and resilience. These findings highlight the nuanced role of transparency, which can both enable and constrain resilience outcomes. Originality/value This study extends OIPT to the SC resilience context by differentiating between intra- and inter-organizational digitalization and exploring transparency as a dual-role mechanism. By focusing on the UK manufacturers, the research offers novel insights into how digital and information-processing capabilities can be leveraged to enhance resilience in volatile global markets.","PeriodicalId":30468,"journal":{"name":"Supply Chain Management Journal","volume":"4 1","pages":"840-855"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149172487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sustainability-related opportunism in buyer–supplier relationships: a behavioral perspective on passive vs active forms and integrity-based trust","authors":"Anupama Prashar,Naman Agarwal","doi":"10.1108/scm-12-2025-1260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-12-2025-1260","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose The evolving and fragmented nature of sustainability standards in supply chains (SCs) creates scope for opportunism in buyer–supplier relationships. This study aims to adopt a behavioral view to examine how active and passive forms of sustainability-related supplier opportunism influence buyers’ response following an initial occurrence. It also investigates how these effects evolve after repeated occurrences and how suppliers’ integrity-based trust indirectly shapes these responses. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a multistudy sequential design. The first study uses a best-worst scaling (BWS) survey to evaluate the perceived severity of active and passive forms of supplier opportunism. The second study comprises two vignette-based experiments (Study 2a and b). The first experiment adopts a two-group between-subjects design and compares buyers’ responses to active vs passive forms of supplier opportunism and their tolerance for repeated opportunism. The second experiment was a 2 × 3 between-subjects design varying opportunism form (active vs passive) and opportunism occurrences (one, two or three) to test hypothesized relationships. Findings The results of Study 1 show that active forms of sustainability-related supplier opportunism are perceived as more severe than passive forms. The first vignette experiment in study 2 provides evidence that, in sustainability-related contexts, buyers initially tolerate passive opportunism, but its negative effects increase as occurrences accumulate. The results of the second experiment further show that buyers’ intentions to continue are significantly lower in the active opportunism condition than in the passive opportunism condition. In addition, a significant interaction between opportunism form and occurrences indicates that the effect of opportunism form varies as the number of opportunism instances increases. The findings also show a significant indirect effect of supplier integrity-based trust on the relationship between opportunism form and continuation intentions. Originality/value This study advances the behavioral supply chain management literature by providing an account of sustainability-related opportunism and its relational outcomes, moving beyond the dominant transaction cost economics view that underpins prior work.","PeriodicalId":30468,"journal":{"name":"Supply Chain Management Journal","volume":"15 1","pages":"899-914"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149151605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How artificial intelligence-based supply chain analytics enable supply chain agility and innovation? An intellectual capital perspective","authors":"Al-Zoubi Lamees, Thurasamy Ramayah","doi":"10.1108/scm-09-2024-0558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-09-2024-0558","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This study aims to empirically examine the impact of intellectual capital on the adoption of artificial intelligence-based supply chain analytics in manufacturing companies. It also aims to examine the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI)-based supply chain analytics on supply chain innovation and supply chain agility. Furthermore, this study explores the association supply chain innovation and supply chain agility.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Data were collected from 252 respondents who work in supply chain management of manufacturing companies in Jordan. AMOS software, which is based on the Structural Equation Modeling approach, was used to test hypotheses.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The findings reveal positive effects of the three components of intellectual capital, including human capital, structural capital, and social capital, on AI-based supply chain analytics. They also confirm a positive effect of AI-based supply chain analytics on both supply chain innovation and supply chain agility. Furthermore, the empirical results support a positive effect of supply chain agility on supply chain innovation.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study provides valuable practical implications and enriches the literature on the determinants of supply chain analytics adoption and its role in developing the dynamic capabilities of manufacturing companies, such as supply chain innovation and supply chain agility.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":30468,"journal":{"name":"Supply Chain Management Journal","volume":"65 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143599958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda Bille, Katinka Bjørndal Thomsen, Philip Beske-Janssen, Andreas Wieland
{"title":"Understanding the political nature of supply chain management: a case study of the coffee supply chain","authors":"Amanda Bille, Katinka Bjørndal Thomsen, Philip Beske-Janssen, Andreas Wieland","doi":"10.1108/scm-02-2024-0076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-02-2024-0076","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Due to new regulations, changing customer preferences and strategic reorientation, the role of responsible decision-making has become increasingly complex for both small and large firms. In relation to this, this article contends that companies are turning into political actors with political responsibility for sustainability-related issues in their supply chain and beyond. Therefore, this article aims to investigate (1) how companies have become political in their supply chain and (2) which mechanisms contribute to this development.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>To investigate the political nature of companies in their supply chain, this research draws on a critical realist case study inspired by process tracing. A total of 30 interviews were conducted with actors from within global coffee supply chains to get a wide overview of the different perspectives on how coffee companies deal with political complexity.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>It is found that companies in the coffee supply chain are increasingly acting like traditional political actors. Their engagement in political activities emphasizes three contextualized causal mechanisms driving this transformation: (1) customer pressure, (2) attention to trust and transparency and (3) personal motivation.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>The results point to the political nature of companies’ supply chain management (SCM)-related activities, indicating they should recognize that their role in the supply chain gives them the capacity to act as state-like actors.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Political SCM is introduced as a new conceptual element in the SCM discourse by defining the term “political” and linking political theory and sustainable SCM literature. This provides a better understanding of SCM and offers guidance on how SCM can be understood as a set of political activities.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":30468,"journal":{"name":"Supply Chain Management Journal","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Larissa Statsenko, Kirstin Scholten, Mark Stevenson
{"title":"The influence of global value chain governance on supply network resilience","authors":"Larissa Statsenko, Kirstin Scholten, Mark Stevenson","doi":"10.1108/scm-05-2024-0328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-05-2024-0328","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Diversity – or having a range of different options – is an important part of being resilient. Yet research has not considered how diversity in terms of the governance relationship types that exist within a supply base or across a supply network relates to resilience. By drawing on a well-established global value chain (GVC) governance framework, this paper aims to investigate how different relationship governance types influence resilience at the dyadic and supply network level.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This research draws on 27 embedded cases of buyer-supplier relationships within a network, studied through 20 interviews in 11 organizations across four tiers of the Australian Defence Force supply network, including the end customer perspective, during and after a large-scale supply chain (SC) disruption. Analysis is conducted at the individual dyad and aggregated network levels.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>At the dyadic buyer-supplier level, a variety of different resilience strategies and practices are used across the relationship governance types. Consequently, at the network level, relationships characterized by market and relational governance created more vulnerabilities during COVID-19 than hierarchical and modular governance relationships.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The GVC framework is extended to the SC domain, providing a deeper understanding of how GVC governance types in SC relationships relate to resilience strategies at the dyadic and network levels. Given that different governance relationships draw on different resilience strategies, diversity in governance relationships helps enhance overall resilience. Meanwhile, the findings show that resilience requires relational aspects to be considered alongside economic aspects of the GVC.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":30468,"journal":{"name":"Supply Chain Management Journal","volume":"344 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143462801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ronan McIvor, Lydia Bals, Tim Dereymaeker, Kai Foerstl
{"title":"Integrating sustainability and economic perspectives in reshoring: insights from the German automotive industry","authors":"Ronan McIvor, Lydia Bals, Tim Dereymaeker, Kai Foerstl","doi":"10.1108/scm-12-2023-0640","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-12-2023-0640","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The purpose of this paper is to integrate sustainability and economic factors into a framework for understanding the reshoring decision.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This paper integrates sustainability and economic factors into a reshoring framework through using the theoretical perspectives of the natural resource-based view (NRBV) and transaction cost economics (TCE), and carrying out case study research with a number of firms involved in reshoring in the German automotive industry.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Through adopting a multi-theory approach, the framework captures the complexities of the reshoring decision and illustrates that reshoring is not a location decision alone, but encompasses a range of sourcing options such as local production in-house, using a local supplier or addressing sustainability problems with the offshore operation. The importance of sustainability capability development as a basis of extending the range of reshoring sourcing options available is highlighted.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>Using the NRBV has allowed to develop value creating drivers in the context of reshoring. Integrating the logic of TCE with this analysis provided an understanding of how cost reducing drivers were present alongside the value creating drivers for reshoring at the case companies. Beyond previous frameworks integrating the RBV and TCE, bringing in the NRBV allowed us to highlight the importance of sustainability capability development as a basis of extending the range of reshoring sourcing options available. While this study’s cases were in the automotive industry in Germany, future research could sample for further geographies and industries to cover varying regulatory pressures for sustainability as well as sustainability-related industry initiatives.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>The framework can provide guidance to managers on the conditions that favour the selection of each sourcing option when making the reshoring decision.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Although there are frameworks in the literature that explain the reshoring decision, limited attention has been given to integrating sustainability issues into the analysis. The findings here contribute important insights into the complementary and contradictory prescriptions of the NRBV and TCE in reshoring decisions, and several propositions are offered outlining these relationships. The resulting framework provides an integrated approach for managerial decision-making beyond economic factors alone.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":30468,"journal":{"name":"Supply Chain Management Journal","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143393455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blockchain in supply chains: an unfulfilled promise","authors":"Michael Lustenberger, Florian Spychiger","doi":"10.1108/scm-03-2024-0192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-03-2024-0192","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This paper investigates the influence of blockchain technology on trust and transparency within supply chain management. While existing research suggests blockchain has revolutionary potential, real-world evidence remains limited. This study aims to bridge this gap.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The research relies on transaction cost analysis and principal-agent theory to develop a conceptual model. The model proposes how blockchain fosters trust and transparency, ultimately leading to a market-based governance model within supply chains. Five different blockchain applications were analyzed in a multi-case study through document reviews and expert interviews to test the model’s assumptions.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The study’s findings challenge initial assumptions. The complexity of blockchain networks and a reluctance to share information among participants hinder blockchain technology’s ability to increase trust and transparency. Consequently, the expected reduction in opportunism and uncertainties is not observed, and a market-based governance model fails to materialize. In practice, supply chain partners gravitate toward permissioned blockchains managed by established consortia. Acting as trusted third parties, these consortia assume control over network management, rendering blockchain essentially unnecessary.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This paper sheds light on the practical limitations of blockchain technology in revolutionizing supply chain management. While blockchain promises much, the findings suggest that established consortia currently play a more critical role in fostering trust and transparency within supply chains.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":30468,"journal":{"name":"Supply Chain Management Journal","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143055299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}