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Supply chain resilience and digital transformation: perspectives from a supply chain network

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Published in:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications vol. 12, no. 1 (Dec 2025), p. 1738
Main Author: Tian, Ye
Other Authors: Cui, Lei
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Springer Nature B.V.
Subjects:
Transparency
Information processing
Collaboration
Disruption
Companies
Building management
Data analysis
Resilience
Internet of Things
Efficiency
Order processing
Big Data
Uncertainty
Supply
Transformation
Artificial intelligence
Digital transformation
Hypotheses
Decision making
Supply chains
Blockchain
Digitization
Inventory
Digital technology
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Abstract:This study identifies digitalization as a key determinant of supply chain resilience. Using the quasi-natural experiment provided by China’s supply chain digitalization pilot policies, we find a significant and persistent positive effect on the resilience of firms within supply chain networks. Mechanism analyses indicate that this effect is primarily driven by improvements in firms’ information processing capacity, recovery ability, and inventory turnover efficiency. The results are more pronounced for firms with geographically dispersed supply chains, lower supply chain hierarchies, and higher supply chain transparency. Overall, our findings suggest that digitalization not only strengthens operational and informational linkages but also enables firms to transition from passive disruption management to proactive resilience building in the face of uncertainty.
ISSN:2662-9992
2055-1045
DOI:10.1057/s41599-025-06011-3
Source:Social Science Database