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Table 1 Key research outcome regarding the state-of-the-art of blockchain research in supply chains.

From: Cost-effectiveness and gain-sharing scenarios for purchasing a blockchain-based application in the maritime supply chain

Observation

Sources

The adoption of blockchain adoption by logistics and supply chain management professionals is still at its nascent stage

[16]

Blockchain technology acts to the benefit of stakeholders involved in data exchange networks and helps to replace the transfer of hard copies documents in trust-free systems

[2, 16, 17]

Research shows that quantifying the computation cost in blockchain networks is done by quantifying the direct impact of the transaction cost, capturing custom development cost is complex and increasing the trust amongst data-network users through applying new methods (for example, gain-sharing strategies) can anticipate the blockchain technology adoption

[18,19,20]

Empirical studies have been further developed and point out new areas where trust issues are solved by the adoption of blockchain technology (for example both maritime and air supply chain, but also in the supply chain where goods traceability is needed, for example food distribution, jewellery or pharmaceutical products)

[19, 21,22,23,24]