An Empirical Study on Factors Impacting the Adoption of Digital Technologies in Supply Chain Management and What Blockchain Technology Could Do for the Manufacturing Sector of Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

This paper employed an integrated model for examining behavioral intention to adopt blockchain technology in the supply chain management of manufacturing industries in Bangladesh. The proposed conceptual model was empirically tested using data collected from 189 supply chain managers working in manufacturing organizations in Bangladesh. The findings suggest that perceived usefulness, trading partners’ pressure, and competitive pressure are the most important determinant of behavioral intention.

KEYWORDS:

• TAM-TOE
• Blockchain technology
• Covid-19
• Supply chain management

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Data availability statement

Data available on request.

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Notes on contributors

Zerin Tasnim

Zerin Tasnim is currently pursuing her Doctoral program in management at Putra Business School at the University of Putra Malaysia. She obtained her bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and her master’s in business administration from North South University, Bangladesh. Her current research interests focus on digital supply chain, Industry 4.0, blockchain, and disaster supply chain management including the adoption of digital technologies and quality control. She has published several research papers in conference proceedings and international journals.

Mahmud Akhter Shareef

Mahmud A. Shareef is a Professor of School of Business & Economics, North South University, Bangladesh. He was a visiting faculty in DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada. His research interest is focused on online consumer behavior, reformation of virtual organization, and social media promotion. He has published many papers addressing consumers’ adoption behavior and quality issues of e-commerce and e-government in different refereed conference proceedings and leading international journals. He was the recipient of more than 10 academic awards including 3 Best Research Paper Awards in the UK and Canada.

Abdullah M. Baabdullah

Abdullah M. Baabdullah is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the Department of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Economics and Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His academic qualifications include a PhD in Information Systems from Swansea University in Wales; an MSc in Management Information Systems from the University of Surrey and a BSc in Management Information Systems from King Abdulaziz University. Dr Baabdullah’s research interests are in the area of information systems, analysis/development of IS theories/models, IT/IS adoption, diffusion of emerging ICTs, acceptance and use of e-services and m-applications, e-government/m-government and social media/social networking.

Abu Bakar A. Hamid

Abu Bakar A Hamid chose an academic career in 1992 as a Professor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management. He holds a BBA and MBA from Northrop University, United States of America, and a PhD from the University of Derby in the United Kingdom. He has been teaching for more than 25 years and supervised more than 35 PhD candidates. He managed national grants and consultants for projects and published several articles in high-rated journals, proceedings, books, and book chapters. He has been recognized locally and internationally as a speaker, reviewer, and editor.

Yogesh K Dwivedi

Yogesh K Dwivedi is a Professor of Digital Marketing and Innovation and Founding Director of the Digital Futures for Sustainable Business & Society Research Group at the School of Management, Swansea University, Wales, UK. In addition, he holds a Distinguished Research Professorship at the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune, India. Professor Dwivedi is also currently leading the International Journal of Information Management as its Editor-in-Chief. Professor Dwivedi has published more than 500 articles in a range of leading academic journals and conferences that are widely cited (more than 48 thousand times as per Google Scholar). He has been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2020, 2021, and 2022 lists from Clarivate Analytics.