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Striking a balance: Designing a blockchain-based solution to navigate coopetition dynamics in supply chain management

The paper suggests a blockchain architecture tailored to the construction industry that manages competition dependencies and privacy in coopetitive supply chains, deriving eight design objectives: data protection, accountability, decentralization, performance, interoperability, traceability, transparency and automation.

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Overview

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Authors
Jonathan Lautenschlager, Jan Stramm, Tobias Guggenberger, Nils Urbach
Year
2025
Venue
Electronic Markets 35:70 (2025)
Methodology
Design science research; systematic literature review (23 items); iterative stakeholder engagement; evaluation against design objectives.
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Striking a balance: Designing a blockchain-based solution to navigate coopetition dynamics in supply chain management

Authors: Jonathan Lautenschlager, Jan Stramm, Tobias Guggenberger, Nils Urbach
Venue: Electronic Markets 35:70 (2025)
Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-025-00809-4 (opens in a new tab)

Summary

The paper suggests a blockchain architecture tailored to the construction industry that manages competition dependencies and privacy in coopetitive supply chains, deriving eight design objectives: data protection, accountability, decentralization, performance, interoperability, traceability, transparency and automation.

Artifact

A blockchain architecture for coopetitive supply chains (construction industry) with privacy-enhancing technologies.

Methodology

Design science research; systematic literature review (23 items); iterative stakeholder engagement; evaluation against design objectives.

Citations

[1] Jonathan Lautenschlager, Jan Stramm, Tobias Guggenberger, Nils Urbach. Striking a balance: Designing a blockchain-based solution to navigate coopetition dynamics in supply chain management. Electronic Markets 35:70 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-025-00809-4 (opens in a new tab) [2] Source document: Striking a balance - Designing a blockchain-based solution to navigate.pdf

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Problem description

Blockchain supply-chain systems do not adequately manage competition dependencies and the excessive disclosure of sensitive information in coopetition.

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Input knowledge

Coopetition as the theoretical lens; trust; data-protection and privacy-enhancing technologies; construction supply-chain-management literature.

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Research process

Design science research: a systematic literature review (23 items), grounded coding to derive design objectives, iterative stakeholder engagement, and evaluation against the objectives.

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Key concepts

Coopetition, blockchain technology, data transparency, delivery invoices, construction industry, supply chain automation.

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Solution description

A blockchain architecture with privacy-enhancing technologies that balances cooperation and competition in construction supply chains. Solution-space representation: Instantiation (prototype/architecture) plus eight design objectives and implementation guidelines.

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Output knowledge

Eight design objectives: data protection, accountability, decentralization, performance, interoperability, traceability, transparency and automation.

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Design knowledge

Directly linked concepts, grouped by their represented design-knowledge category.

Design Objective

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Design Objective
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DO1 - Data protection

Protect data against internal and external attackers;

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DO2 - Accountability

Ensure organizations are identifiable in the network to enable accountability, so participants know with whom they conduct business and actions can be attributed.

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Design Objective
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DO3 - Decentralization

Provide a decentralized solution to prevent monopolistic market dependencies and enable democratic decision-making and balanced power structures.

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DO4 - Performance

Enable the system to handle many transactions fast, with scalability, low latency and throughput sufficient for large construction supply networks.

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DO5 - Interoperability

Make the solution integrable and interoperable with existing systems (e.g., ERP, BIM) to accomplish true cooperation and lower market-entry barriers.

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DO6 - Traceability

Provide traceability of products and goods at any time to enforce process automation while protecting confidentiality in a coopetitive environment.

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Design Objective
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DO7 - Transparency

Provide transparency to achieve the benefits of cooperation and information sharing, with transparency levels adjustable to protect sensitive data.

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Design Objective
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DO8 - Automation

Enforce automation (e.g., smart contracts executing payments on predefined conditions) to boost process efficiency and reduce human error.

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Publication metadata

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