Browsing by Autor "Deepak Mathivathanan"

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Barriers to the adoption of blockchain technology in business supply chains: a total interpretive structural modelling (TISM) approach
(Taylor & Francis, 2021) Deepak Mathivathanan; K. Mathiyazhagan; Nripendra P. Rana; Sangeeta Khorana; Yogesh K. Dwivedi
Blockchain is an emerging technology with a wide array of potential applications. This technology, which underpins cryptocurrency, provides an immutable, decentralised, and transparent distributed database of digital assets for use by firms in supply chains. However, not all firms are appropriately suited to adopt blockchain in the existing supply chain primarily due to their lack of knowledge on the benefits of this technology. Using Total Interpretive Structural Modelling (TISM) and Cross-Impact Matrix Multiplication Applied to Classification (MICMAC), this paper identifies the adoption barriers, examines the interrelationships between them to the adoption of blockchain technology, which has the potential to revolutionise supply chains. The TISM technique supports developing a contextual relationship-based structural model to identify the influential barriers. MICMAC classifies the barriers in blockchain adoption based on their strength and dependence. The results of this research indicate that the lack of business awareness and familiarity with blockchain technology on what it can deliver for future supply chains, are the most influential barriers that impede blockchain adoption. These barriers hinder and impact businesses decision to establish a blockchain-enabled supply chain and that other barriers act as secondary and linked variables in the adoption process.
Building intellectual capital through circular economy and sustainable digital supply chains: evidence from GCC manufacturing sector
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2026) Anas A. AlBakri; Hazem Marashdeh; Deepak Mathivathanan
Purpose This research investigates how circular economy practices and sustainable digital closed-loop supply chains impact economic performance and intellectual capital development in the manufacturing sector of Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The geographical region faces unique sustainability and financial challenges when addressing critical gaps in understanding how circular practices integrate with sustainable digital and closed-loop supply chains and leverage structural, human and relational capital. Design/methodology/approach Modeling sustainable digital closed-loop supply chain as a multidimensional construct mediating the relationship between the circularity practices and economic outcomes through the lens of intellectual capital, using 200 respondents from manufacturing firms, is the core of this research. The study applies the structural equation modeling approach and analyzes the model pathways that significantly enhance sustainable digital performance. Findings The results indicate that circular economy practices significantly enhance sustainable digital closed-loop supply chain performance, which in turn has a strong positive impact on economic performance. The mediating role of closed-loop supply chain performance indicates how structural and relational capital help in generating economic value. This indirect effect exceeds the direct effect of circular practices on economic performance. Practical implications The findings of this research offer guidance to managers and policymakers to consider circular economic initiatives as necessary investments toward developing intangible intellectual assets. Strengthening digital infrastructure, employee competencies and supply chain partnerships are critical in leveraging the circular economy–driven intellectual capital. Originality/value While earlier studies consider circular economy and digital closed-loop supply chain as only operational strategies to minimize waste and improve efficient use of resources, this study conceptualizes them as primary mechanisms for intellectual capital formation. This research is among the first empirical studies to examine the integration of circular practices and digital closed-loop supply chain performance through the intellectual capital lenses. This integrative approach extends intellectual capital theory into the sustainability and digitalization domains underpinning the economic performance in Gulf Cooperation Council manufacturing.
Evaluation of antecedents to social sustainability practices in multi-tier Indian automotive manufacturing firms
(Taylor & Francis, 2021) K. Mathiyazhagan; Venkatesh Mani; Deepak Mathivathanan; Sonu Rajak
In the current time, social sustainability is directed by market turbulence and growing societal and environmental awareness among customers and employees. Manufacturing industries with multi-tier supply chains, especially in developing nations, such as India, are plagued with various social issues, as it employs large manpower. The present study attempts to identify the key social sustainability practices (SSP) and the method to evaluate SSP in multi-tier manufacturing firms. The approach was pilot tested in Indian manufacturing industry. A total of 16 SSP were identified through the process of literature survey and discussions with the domain experts. Furthermore, based on five practitioners’ inputs, the relationship between various practices of social sustainability is modelled using Total Interpretive Structural Modelling (TISM). The vagueness in the model and identified relationships are compensated by experts’ (practitioners’) validation. The practices are classified on the basis of driving and dependence power by adopting the MICMAC analysis. Customer management, information sharing, corporate sustainability reporting and standardisation, and monitoring practices are found to be the most influential practices that drive social sustainability in multi-tier automotive chains. Production managers could adopt these SSP to establish supply chain social sustainability in multi-tier global supply chains and achieve strategic advantage over others.
Mitigation themes in supply chain research during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic literature review
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022) Sufian Qrunfleh; Shiri D. Vivek; Russ Merz; Deepak Mathivathanan
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the themes and direction of supply chain mitigation and resilience research during the COVID-19 pandemic by conducting a systematic literature review (SLR) of supply chain mitigation literature since pandemic. Design/methodology/approach This study uses the Web of Science (WoS) Database to analyze the contribution in supply chain mitigation literature by authors, themes in supply chain mitigation and the citing articles. An investigation based on bibliometric approach for the SLR represents the bibliographic data of over 530 publications between the years 2020–2021. Additionally, the article also develops graphical visualizations of the bibliographic data analyzed using the R-program Bibliometrix to ascertain the top sources, authors, keywords and conceptual themes. Findings Most strategies in the existing literature focused on reactive approaches to supply chain disruption and current mitigation literature has not evolved in parallel to the changing macro environment leaving a wide gap in considering vaccines as a supply chain mitigation strategy. Hence, this study identifies the potential need to focus on building proactive supply chain mitigation strategies preferably by studying the role of vaccines in mitigating supply chains. Practical implications This article helps the reader to understand the scientific research in terms of contributions in supply chain mitigation research since pandemic. Though, the time frame considered limits the connection the findings to previous work on supply chain disruptions and mitigation, it offers an understanding of the various mitigation themes evolved in light of mitigating the supply chain disruptions as one caused by the current pandemic. Further, this research helps us understand how businesses can help reduce the social consequences by preventing the disruptions and helping life normalize during this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Originality/value This is the first of its kind contribution offering a SLR of supply chain mitigation strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic identifying the focal themes in current literature and establishing the need for future venues of research studying the role of vaccines in supply chain mitigation strategies.