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Using Blockchain to Sustainably Manage Containers in International Shipping

Addressing costly empty-container repositioning, the paper proposes the Greenbox Platform and derives two nascent design principles relevant to future cross-industry blockchain applications: explicitly define incentive structures where stakeholders' interests are not necessarily aligned, and consider environmental sustainability as a non-functional requirement.

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Authors: Nebojsa Radonic, Mikkel Boding Kildetoft, Roman Beck
Year: 2020
Venue: ICIS 2020 Proceedings
Methodology: Design science research merged with grounded theory; qualitative coding of interviews; prototype (Greenbox Platform); FEDS-based evaluation; derivation of nascent design principles.
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Design knowledge: View design knowledge on GitHub

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Summary

Artifact

The Greenbox Platform - a blockchain-based platform for sustainable container management (repositioning) in shipping.

Methodology

Design science research merged with grounded theory; qualitative coding of interviews; prototype (Greenbox Platform); FEDS-based evaluation; derivation of nascent design principles.

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Problem description

Empty-container repositioning in international shipping is economically costly and environmentally harmful, and cross-industry stakeholders' interests are not necessarily aligned.

Input knowledge

Shipping/IT literature (e.g., Betz & Henningsson); deliberately no single kernel theory (nascent theoretical insights); sustainability as a non-functional requirement.

Research process

Design science research: qualitative coding, a prototype (the Greenbox Platform), and derivation of nascent design principles.

Key concepts

Blockchain, shipping industry, DLT systems, design science research.

Solution description

The Greenbox Platform, a blockchain-based platform for sustainable container management. Solution-space representation: Instantiation (Greenbox prototype) plus two nascent design principles.

Output knowledge

Two nascent design principles: define incentives explicitly, and address environmental sustainability as a non-functional requirement.

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2 Design Principles

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DP1 - Define incentives explicitly

Explicitly define a structure of incentives for interorganizational and cross-industrial blockchain applications where stakeholders' interests are not necessarily aligned.

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DP2 - Address environmental sustainability

Consider environmental sustainability as a non-functional requirement in the development of a blockchain artefact.

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Using Blockchain to Sustainably Manage Containers in International Shipping

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