Blockchain enabled distributed ledger (DLT) and smart-contract technology enhance the effectiveness and automation of business processes along supply chains. The rising interest in the development of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) shows that DLT technology has the potential to reform how businesses conduct their supply chain operations. A DAO is an organization wherein business rules are encoded in smart-contract programs that
are executed when specified
rules are met.
There is a scarcity of studies that examined the impact of DLT in facilitating decentralized autonomous organizational supply chains. The assimilation of a technological innovation can often be challenging and is rarely binary. Assimilation theory posits that assimilation may intensify or deteriorate over the course of a technological innovation’s adoption. Each assimilation stage describes the degree to which the technological innovation permeates the adopting company. Often the causes of innovation success or failures can be minute.
When investigating assimilation stages, a salient consideration is the degree to which we may expect an adopting organisation’s progression through the assimilation stages to be linear. However, extant research has demonstrated that progression may be non-linear. We also believe it would also be an appropriate lens with which to examine the benefits and challenges associated with the adoption of blockchain and DLT in a supply chain DAO context. Although much recent research on technology assimilation has been conducted, the lines of enquiry have focused on the early stages of adoption. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate factors which impede and enable the adoption of DLT into supply chains. The study will also explore how DLT assimilates into supply chains to assist them with the realization of benefits not originally conceived.
APPLICATIONS
Candidates must submit a brief literature review (500 words, not including the list of references in the word count) of their selected project, accompanied by a short CV (one page) and complete the registration form. An applicant may apply for more than one project, however each application must have a separate literature review.
An Honours Degree (minimum 2.2, but 2.1 or higher is desirable) in the relevant business/computing/engineering disciplines.Candidates from outside the EU are eligible to apply but may be expected to provide evidence of sources of additional funds to cover living expenses for the first month in Ireland.
If either English or Irish is not the applicant’s first language, evidence of English language proficiency is required for registration. Applicants must have attained a minimum of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent, due to the very high academic writing standard required for postgraduate qualifications through research.
Application Form / Terms of Conditions can be obtained from Sean Walker
Please send your completed application form to Sean Walker - [Email Address Removed]
The closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm, (GMT) 26th of September 2022.
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