TY - JOUR T1 - An Exploration of Blockchain-based Traceability in Food Supply Chains: On the Benefits of Distributed Digital Records from Farm to Fork JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2021 A1 - Mika Westerlund A1 - Soham Nene A1 - Seppo Leminen A1 - Mervi Rajahonka KW - blockchain KW - distributed ledger technology KW - food innovation KW - Food safety KW - food supply chain KW - supply chain management KW - traceability AB - There are growing internal and external pressures for traceability in food supply chains due to food scandals. Traceability refers to tracking food from the consumer back to the farm and vice versa for quality control and management. However, many traceability solutions have failed to meet the needs of supply chain stakeholders. Blockchain is a novel distributed database technology that could solve some issues of traditional traceability systems, such as cost of adoption and vulnerabilities to hacking and data tampering. This study aims to gain insights on the benefits of applying blockchain technology for traceability in food supply chains through literature review and an investigation of five companies that are experimenting with blockchain-based food traceability. Our findings suggest that, upon implementation and contribution by all supply chain participants, blockchain-based traceability can provide cost-savings, reduced response time to food scandals and food-borne illness outbreaks, improved security and accuracy, better compliance with government regulations, and thus increase consumer trust. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 11 UR - timreview.ca/article/1446 IS - 6 U1 - Carleton University Mika Westerlund, DSc (Econ), is an Associate Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley and in the School of Economics at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Mika earned his doctoral degree in Marketing from the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland. His research interests include open and user innovation, the Internet of Things, business strategy, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries. U2 - Universities Canada Soham Nene is a Business Systems Analyst with Universities Canada in Ottawa, Ontario since August 2019. He works on designing student scholarship software / system solutions by performing requirements analysis, developing software system workflows, and studying system capabilities. He holds a master’s degree in the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University and holds an undergraduate degree in Information Technology from Pune University, India. He is passionate about technology and food innovation and entrepreneurship. While pursuing master’s degree Soham worked on ‘Benefits of Blockchain-based Traceability in Food Supply Chains’ as his research project. U3 - University of South-Eastern Norway Seppo Leminen is Drammen City Municipality chaired (Full) Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the USN School of Business at the University of South-Eastern Norway in Norway, an Adjunct Professor of Business Development at Aalto University in Finland and an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University in Canada. He holds a doctoral degree in Marketing from the Hanken School of Economics and a doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering and Management in the School of Science at Aalto University. He is an Associate Editor in Techovation and an Associate editor in BRQ, Business Research Quarterly. His current research topics includes digital business models and ecosystems (cf. Internet of Things), robotics, block chains, living labs, innovation ecosystems, collaborative and networked models of innovations, collaborative methods of innovations, as well as management and marketing models for different types of companies. Results from his research have been reported in Industrial Marketing Management, the Journal of Cleaner Production, the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, the Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Management Decision, the International Journal of Innovation Management, and the Technology Innovation Management Review, among many others. U4 - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK Mervi Rajahonka, DSc (Econ), works as an RDI Advisor at the Small Business Center (SBC) at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Finland, and she is an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She has been working at SBC for about 10 years, participating in numerous EU-funded projects. She earned her doctoral degree in Logistics from the Department of Information and Service Economy at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. She also holds a Master’s degree in Technology from Helsinki University of Technology and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Helsinki. Her research interests include business models, service modularity, and service innovations. Her research has been published in a number of journals in the areas of logistics, services, and operations management. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Interplay of Digital Transformation and Collaborative Innovation on Supply Chain Ambidexterity JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2021 A1 - Sara Abdalla A1 - Koichi Nakagawa KW - collaboration KW - digital transformation KW - innovation KW - resource-based view. KW - supply chain ambidexterity KW - supply chain management AB - This study aims at investigating the impact of digital transformation on the efficiency and adaptability of a supply chain (SC). It also identifies the role of collaborative innovation as a catalyst in these relationships. Survey data from Japanese manufacturing companies was examined using hierarchical multiple regression analysis to test the study’s hypotheses. According to the results, collaborative innovation with SC members, that is, suppliers and customers, strengthens the impact of digital transformation on adaptability, but not on efficiency. In contrast, collaborative innovation with market participants, such as competitors and partners, reinforces the positive relationship between digital transformation and efficiency, with no evidence supporting its effect on the innovation-adaptability relationship. These findings encourage firms to widen the scope of their collaborative innovation activities to include different types of partners. For firms with limited abilities to conduct such complex collaboration projects, the findings can assist managers in making well-informed decisions to include partners that accommodate prioritized organizational goals. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 11 UR - timreview.ca/article/1428 IS - 3 U1 - University of Khartoum Sara Abdalla is a Management and Business Administration Lecturer at the University of Khartoum, Sudan, where she received her B.Sc. in Business Administration and MBA degree. She won the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship in 2018 and joined the Graduate School of Economics at Osaka University. After a one-year research studentship, she is currently conducting her Ph.D. in Business Administration. Her research is mainly situated in the field of operations management, with a focus on innovation and technology. She has been awarded the Best Student Paper Award at the ITMC conference in September 2019 and was part of the winning team of the Hult Prize Osaka University On-Campus Program in December 2019. Her recent contributions have been presented at the 32nd EBES conference in August 2020 and the ISPIM Connects Global conference in December 2020. U2 - Yasashii Business Lab Koichi Nakagawa is the president of Yasashii Business Lab, Japan. He received a PhD in Economics from The University of Tokyo. After working on innovation education as an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University, he started his own business. Now he studies and practice as a consultant the management of innovation and corporate strategy. Also, he tries to provide academic knowledge on the YouTube. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Cyber-Resilience: A Strategic Approach for Supply Chain Management JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Luca Urciuoli KW - cross-border trade KW - cyber-resilience KW - ICT KW - IT KW - risk management KW - supply chain management AB - Risk management and resilience strategies in supply chains have an important role in ensuring business continuity and reliability in a cost-efficient manner. Preventing or recovering from disruptions requires access and analysis of large amounts of data. Yet, given the multiple stakeholders, operations, and environmental contexts in which a global supply chain operates, managing risks and resilience becomes a challenging task. For this reason, information and communication technologies (ICT) are being developed to support managers with tailored tools and services to monitor disruptions, enhance instantaneous communication, and facilitate the quick recovery of supply chains. Hence, the objective of this article is to shed light on managerial strategies to improve the resilience of supply chains and thereby to point out how these could be automated by means of innovative ICT systems. In particular, this article concludes by warning about existing challenges to implementing such systems. If these challenges are not correctly addressed by managers, there is a major risk of further jeopardizing supply chains. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 5 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/886 IS - 4 U1 - Zaragoza Logistics Center Luca Urciuoli is an Associate Research Professor in the MIT International Logistics Program within the Zaragoza Logistics Center in Spain, where he teaches and performs research in supply chain network design, supply chain risk, and security management. He holds an MSc degree in Industrial Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, and a Doctorate in Transportation Security from the Engineering University of Lund, Sweden. He has been working at the research unit of the Volvo group as a project manager developing on-board transport and telematics services. He also led the research of the Cross-border Research Association in Switzerland and collaborated in several FP7 research and consultancy projects, with a focus on topics such as e-Customs, trade facilitation, supply chain security, waste security, and postal security. He is also an editorial board member for the Journal of Transportation Security, and he has published his research in several scientific and practitioner journals. Contact: lurciuoli@zlc.edu.es ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Supply Chain Cyber-Resilience: Creating an Agenda for Future Research JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Omera Khan A1 - Daniel A. Sepúlveda Estay KW - cyber-risk KW - cybersecurity KW - resilience KW - supply chain management KW - theoretical foundation AB - Supply chains have become more vulnerable in recent years, and high-profile cyber-attacks that have crippled the supply chains of well-known companies reveal that the point of entry for hackers is often through the weakest link in the chain. Exacerbated by growing complexity and the need to be visible, these supply chains share vital streams of information every minute of the day, thereby becoming an easy and highly lucrative target for talented criminals, causing financial losses as well as damaging brand reputation and value. Companies must therefore invest in supply chain capabilities to withstand cyber-attacks (i.e., cyber-resilience) in order to guard against potential threats. They must also embrace the reality that this often-unknown dimension of risk is the "new normal". Although interest on this topic has grown in the business world, less has been reported by the academic community. One reason for this could be due to the convergence of two different disciplines, information technology and supply chains, where supply chain cyber-risk and cyber-resilience appear to have a natural fit. The topic of cyber-resilience in supply chains is still in early stages of development, and this is one of the first journals to focus a special issue on it. Currently, the closest academic literature is within the realms of supply chain risk and resilience, where numerous models and frameworks exist. In this article, this literature is explored to identify whether these models can incorporate the dimension of cyber-risk and cyber-resilience. In doing so, we create a research agenda for supply chain cyber-resilience and provide recommendations for both academia and practice. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 5 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/885 IS - 4 U1 - Technical University of Denmark Omera Khan is a Full Professor of Operations Management at the Technical University of Denmark. She works with leading organizations on a range of supply chain and logistics issues and is advisor to many universities developing courses in logistics, supply chains, and operations management. She has led and conducted research projects commissioned by government agencies, research councils, and companies in supply chain resilience, responsiveness, sustainability, and the impact of product design on the supply chain. Her latest area of research focuses on cyber-risk and resilience in the supply chain. Omera is an advisor to many organizations and provides specialist consultancy in supply chain risk management. She is a highly acclaimed presenter and is regularly invited as a keynote speaker at global conferences and corporate events. She has published her research in leading journals, contributed to several book chapters, and is lead author of Handbook for Supply Chain Risk Management: Case Studies, Effective Practices and Emerging Trends. She founded and was Chair of the Supply Chain Risk and Resilience Research Club and the Product Design and Supply Chain Special Interest Group. She has also been a visiting professor at a number of leading business schools. U2 - Technical University of Denmark Daniel A. Sepulveda Estay is a PhD researcher at the Technical University of Denmark, where he researches cyber-risk and security in the global supply chain. He has worked in the engineering and supply divisions of a number of multinational companies, both in strategic/leadership and operational roles for over 11 years, having partially led initiatives such as the implementation of lean manufacturing in Coca-Cola Company Latin America and supply rationalization in BHP Billiton´s copper projects division. Daniel has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Federico Santa Maria Technical University in Valparaiso, Chile, an MSc degree in Industrial Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago, Chile, and an MSc degree in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management, in Boston, United States. ER -