Understanding Supply Chain Digitalization Through Actor-Network Theory: The Interplay Between Blockchain, Accounting and Management Control (SIDREA Series in Accounting and Business Administration) - Hardcover

Vitale, Gianluca

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3031309871 ISBN 13: 9783031309878

Publisher: Springer, 2023

Synopsis

Combining two different actor-network theory perspectives and relying on the single case study methodology, this book offers important empirical evidence and managerial implications on the use of blockchain for accounting and control purposes. Exploring the first agro-food European case of blockchain application for supply chain management, this research work is among the pioneers in analysing the interaction between this new technology and traditional management accounting and control practices.

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About the Author

Gianluca Vitale is researcher and adjunct professor in CSR and sustainability reporting at the Department of Business and Law, University of Siena (Italy). He is co-founder and project manager of the Italian Observatory of Non-Financial Disclosure. His research interests focus on management accounting and control, sustainability reporting and IT business applications.

From the Back Cover

Combining two different actor-network theory perspectives and relying on the single case study methodology, this book offers important empirical evidence and managerial implications on the use of blockchain for accounting and control purposes. Exploring the first agro-food European case of blockchain application for supply chain management, this research work is among the pioneers in analysing the interaction between this new technology and traditional management accounting and control practices.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3031309871
• ISBN 13: 9783031309878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 125