Chen Lu, Hendalianpour Ayad, Feylizadeh Mohammad Reza, Xu Haiyan
College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106 Jiangsu People's Republic of China.
Soshianest Enterprise Miner, North Vancouver, BC V7N2J7 Canada.
Group Decis Negot. 2023;32(2):359-394. doi: 10.1007/s10726-022-09811-z. Epub 2023 Jan 19.
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.
基于先前的证据，在过去五年中，区块链在改善人道主义项目供应链方面的应用受到了关注。本研究在调查影响区块链技术（BT）在人道主义供应链（HSCs）中应用的关键参数方面具有创新性。更确切地说，本研究强调了影响人道主义供应链中区块链的参数，并提出了一种新的模糊大规模群体决策试验与评价实验室（模糊大规模群体-DEMATEL）方法，以分析在人道主义供应链中使用区块链技术的影响因素之间的相互依存关系。该方法包括两个阶段：（1）根据大规模群体专家的特征将其聚类为小的子群体；（2）采用新颖的模糊大规模群体-DEMATEL方法识别影响人道主义供应链中区块链技术的关键因素。根据专家的意见，在本研究中，在25个评估因素中，去中介化被确定为最重要的因素，其次是匿名性和安全性。仔细观察发现，分别有13个和12个因素是“原因”和“结果”因素。我们的研究可用于提高区块链技术在人道主义供应链中的使用效果，从而在实际灾害中促进救援物资的合理分配。
