THE BLOCKCHAIN TRANSPARENCY AND SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE IN PAKISTAN’S TEXTILE SECTOR

Abstract

This study explores the effects of blockchain adoption on the transparency & traceability in supply chains as mediators to enhance sustainable supply chain performance in the export-oriented textile supply chains of Pakistan within the dynamic capabilities’ perspective. The approach is positivist, quantitative, and deductive. The data was collected through a structured questionnaire from managers & senior professionals working with Pakistani textile/apparel manufacturing firms engaged in supply chain, logistics, operations, or sustainability functions. The smart-PLS 4 has been used for estimating PLS-SEM model which includes constructs related to blockchain technology adoption, transparency and traceability, and sustainable SC performance, along with conducting checks on reliability/validity plus mediation analysis. Based on empirical findings, it can be concluded that there exists indeed an affirmative significant direct impact of BT adoption on SSC performance. This is among the very first empirical works testing a blockchain-transparency-sustainability mechanism in Pakistan’s textile export chains, conceptualizing the adoption of blockchain as a dynamic capability & formally modeling supply chain transparency & traceability as the mediator between digital adoption as well as the sustainable supply chain performance.