Market expansion vs. intensified competition: Overseas supplier’s adoption of blockchain in a cross-border agricultural supply chain

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Highlights：

• We formulate blockchain’s role to credibly guarantee the quality of overseas agricultural products.

• If the overseas supplier adopts blockchain, the competing local supplier’s channel power can be enhanced.

• As blockchain adoption cost increases, the quantity decisions of the local and overseas suppliers can be coordinated.

• Pareto improvement between the overseas supplier and the e-tailer can be expected if the former adopts blockchain.

摘要

•We formulate blockchain’s role to credibly guarantee the quality of overseas agricultural products.•If the overseas supplier adopts blockchain, the competing local supplier’s channel power can be enhanced.•As blockchain adoption cost increases, the quantity decisions of the local and overseas suppliers can be coordinated.•Pareto improvement between the overseas supplier and the e-tailer can be expected if the former adopts blockchain.

论文关键词：Blockchain technology,Agricultural products,Cross-border e-commerce,Incentive alignment

论文评审过程：Received 30 March 2021, Revised 5 December 2021, Accepted 8 December 2021, Available online 13 December 2021, Version of Record 18 December 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2021.101113