IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/kap/jmgtgv/v29y2025i3d10.1007_s10997-024-09724-w.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Managerial implications of blockchains in the public sector: elements for the development of a conceptual framework for innovation

Author

Listed:
  • Fabio Matteis

    (University of Bari)

  • Mario Angelelli

    (University of Salento)

  • Fabrizio Striani

    (University of Salento, Edificio “Aldo Romano” (Ex IBIL))

  • Angelo Corallo

    (University of Salento, Edificio “Aldo Romano” (Ex IBIL))

Abstract

This paper aims to provide the basis for a conceptual framework on the linkage that integrates the application areas of blockchains in the public sector and their impact dimensions. Applying the literature review methodology, 33 selected articles were explored in-depth to identify their thematic key points, which led to their attribution to two categories consistent with the RQs of this work: application areas and impact dimensions of the blockchain technology in the public sector organizations. The results enable the identification of a cross-functionality of the impact dimensions (trust, governance, and sustainability) that cut across the main application areas (public health, transactions and fiscal processes, and policy-making), from which derives the basis for a conceptual framework. The conceptual framework links the application areas and impacts of blockchain in the public sector and leads to some concluding remarks on managerial/policy implications and future research opportunities.

Suggested Citation

  • Fabio Matteis & Mario Angelelli & Fabrizio Striani & Angelo Corallo, 2025. "Managerial implications of blockchains in the public sector: elements for the development of a conceptual framework for innovation," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 29(3), pages 777-813, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jmgtgv:v:29:y:2025:i:3:d:10.1007_s10997-024-09724-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s10997-024-09724-w
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10997-024-09724-w
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s10997-024-09724-w?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to

    for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Lima, Sónia & Brochado, Ana & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Public-private partnerships in the water sector: A review," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    2. Seunghwan Myeong & Yuseok Jung, 2019. "Administrative Reforms in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Case of Blockchain Use," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(14), pages 1-21, July.
    3. Mikayla Novak, 2019. "Crypto-friendliness: understanding blockchain public policy," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 9(2), pages 165-184, September.
    4. Allen, Darcy W.E. & Berg, Chris & Markey-Towler, Brendan & Novak, Mikayla & Potts, Jason, 2020. "Blockchain and the evolution of institutional technologies: Implications for innovation policy," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(1).
    5. Rui Mu & Huanming Wang, 2022. "A systematic literature review of open innovation in the public sector: comparing barriers and governance strategies of digital and non-digital open innovation," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(4), pages 489-511, April.
    6. Vasileios Yfantis & Helen C. Leligou & Klimis Ntalianis, 2021. "New development: Blockchain—a revolutionary tool for the public sector," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(5), pages 408-411, July.
    7. Schinckus, Christophe, 2022. "A Nuanced perspective on blockchain technology and healthcare," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    8. Di Vaio, Assunta & Varriale, Luisa, 2020. "Blockchain technology in supply chain management for sustainable performance: Evidence from the airport industry," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).
    9. Guendalina Capece & Francesco Lorenzi, 2020. "Blockchain and Healthcare: Opportunities and Prospects for the EHR," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-17, November.
    10. Dwivedi, Yogesh K. & Hughes, D. Laurie & Coombs, Crispin & Constantiou, Ioanna & Duan, Yanqing & Edwards, John S. & Gupta, Babita & Lal, Banita & Misra, Santosh & Prashant, Prakhar & Raman, Ramakrishn, 2020. "Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on information management research and practice: Transforming education, work and life," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 55(C).
    11. Nesrin Ada & Yigit Kazancoglu & Muruvvet Deniz Sezer & Cigdem Ede-Senturk & Idil Ozer & Mangey Ram, 2021. "Analyzing Barriers of Circular Food Supply Chains and Proposing Industry 4.0 Solutions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-29, June.
    12. Abdelghani Bekrar & Abdessamad Ait El Cadi & Raca Todosijevic & Joseph Sarkis, 2021. "Digitalizing the Closing-of-the-Loop for Supply Chains: A Transportation and Blockchain Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-25, March.
    13. Warkentin, Merrill & Orgeron, Craig, 2020. "Using the security triad to assess blockchain technology in public sector applications," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).
    14. Konstantinos Siassiakos & Stamatia Ilioudi & Tsaktsira Effrosyni & Vasiliki Mitsiou & Dimitris Nanouris, 2020. "Utilization of Blockchain Technology in Greek Public Administration," Advances in Management and Applied Economics, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 10(4), pages 1-12.
    15. Igor Britchenko & Tetiana Cherniavska, 2019. "Blockchain Technology in the Fiscal Process of Ukraine Optimization," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 5, pages 134-147.
    16. Diestelmeier, Lea, 2019. "Changing power: Shifting the role of electricity consumers with blockchain technology – Policy implications for EU electricity law," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 189-196.
    17. Robert Karaszewski & Paweł Modrzyński & Joanna Modrzyńska, 2021. "The Use of Blockchain Technology in Public Sector Entities Management: An Example of Security and Energy Efficiency in Cloud Computing Data Processing," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-19, March.
    18. Brendan Markey-Towler, 2019. "Blockchains and institutional competition in innovation systems," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 9(2), pages 185-193, September.
    19. Marco Fama & Andrea Fumagalli & Stefano Lucarelli, 2019. "Cryptocurrencies, Monetary Policy, and New Forms of Monetary Sovereignty," International Journal of Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(2), pages 174-194, April.
    20. Kouhizadeh, Mahtab & Saberi, Sara & Sarkis, Joseph, 2021. "Blockchain technology and the sustainable supply chain: Theoretically exploring adoption barriers," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 231(C).
    21. Oran R. Young & Jian Yang & Dan Guttman, 2020. "Meeting Cyber Age Needs for Governance in a Changing Global Order," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(14), pages 1-17, July.
    22. André Hanelt & René Bohnsack & David Marz & Cláudia Antunes Marante, 2021. "A Systematic Review of the Literature on Digital Transformation: Insights and Implications for Strategy and Organizational Change," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(5), pages 1159-1197, July.
    23. Benedito Cristiano Aparecido Petroni & Mariana Savedra Pfitzner, 2021. "A Framework of Blockchain Technology for Public Management in Brazil," Public Administration and Information Technology, in: Christopher G. Reddick & Manuel Pedro Rodríguez-Bolívar & Hans Jochen Scholl (ed.), Blockchain and the Public Sector, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 151-174, Springer.
    24. Leonardo Maxwell & Ezgi Taner & Gideon Mekonnen Jonathan, 2019. "Digitalisation in the Public Sector: Determinant Factors," International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance (IJITBAG), IGI Global Scientific Publishing, vol. 10(2), pages 35-52, July.
    25. Salim, Taghreed Abu & El Barachi, May & Mohamed, Ahmed Alfatih D. & Halstead, Susanne & Babreak, Nasser, 2022. "The mediator and moderator roles of perceived cost on the relationship between organizational readiness and the intention to adopt blockchain technology," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    26. Igor Radanović & Robert Likić, 2018. "Opportunities for Use of Blockchain Technology in Medicine," Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, Springer, vol. 16(5), pages 583-590, October.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Abderahman Rejeb & Karim Rejeb & John G. Keogh & Suhaiza Zailani, 2022. "Barriers to Blockchain Adoption in the Circular Economy: A Fuzzy Delphi and Best-Worst Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-23, March.
    2. Krishna Kumar Dadsena & Pushpesh Pant & Sanjoy Kumar Paul & Saurabh Pratap, 2024. "Overcoming strategies for supply chain digitization barriers: Implications for sustainable development goals," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(5), pages 3887-3910, July.
    3. Juliet Orji, Ifeyinwa & Ojadi, Frank & Kalu Okwara, Ukoha, 2022. "The nexus between e-commerce adoption in a health pandemic and firm performance: The role of pandemic response strategies," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 616-635.
    4. Ulpan Tokkozhina & Ana Lucia Martins & Joao C. Ferreira, 2023. "Uncovering dimensions of the impact of blockchain technology in supply chain management," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 99-125, March.
    5. Anna Borkovcová & Miloslava Černá & Marcela Sokolová, 2022. "Blockchain in the Energy Sector—Systematic Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-12, November.
    6. Zhu, Qingyun & Bai, Chunguang & Sarkis, Joseph, 2022. "Blockchain technology and supply chains: The paradox of the atheoretical research discourse," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).
    7. Büşra Ayan & Elif Güner & Semen Son-Turan, 2022. "Blockchain Technology and Sustainability in Supply Chains and a Closer Look at Different Industries: A Mixed Method Approach," Logistics, MDPI, vol. 6(4), pages 1-39, December.
    8. Xue Han & Pratibha Rani, 2022. "RETRACTED ARTICLE: Evaluate the barriers of blockchain technology adoption in sustainable supply chain management in the manufacturing sector using a novel Pythagorean fuzzy-CRITIC-CoCoSo approach," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 725-742, December.
    9. Rizwan Manzoor & B. S. Sahay & Sujeet Kumar Singh, 2025. "Blockchain technology in supply chain management: an organizational theoretic overview and research agenda," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 348(3), pages 1307-1354, May.
    10. Soumya Choudhury & Parvathi Jayaprakash & S. Srinivas & S. Sowmya & Tarun Shah & R. Abinaya, 2023. "A blockchain platform for the truck freight marketplace in India," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 684-704, June.
    11. Hang Yu & Senlai Zhu & Jie Yang, 2021. "The Quality Control System of Green Composite Wind Turbine Blade Supply Chain Based on Blockchain Technology," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-18, July.
    12. Kyungmoo Heo & Sangyoon Yi, 2023. "(De)centralization in the governance of blockchain systems: cryptocurrency cases," Journal of Organization Design, Springer;Organizational Design Community, vol. 12(3), pages 59-82, September.
    13. Andrea Ferrari & Giulio Mangano & Anna Corinna Cagliano & Alberto De Marco, 2023. "4.0 technologies in city logistics: an empirical investigation of contextual factors," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 345-362, March.
    14. Abdullah Kaid Al-Swidi & Mohammed A Al-Hakimi & Hussam Al Halbusi & Jaithen Abdullah Al Harbi & Hamood Mohammed Al-Hattami, 2024. "Does blockchain technology matter for supply chain resilience in dynamic environments? The role of supply chain integration," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(1), pages 1-22, January.
    15. Guo, Xiaochuan & Li, Mengmeng & Wang, Yanlin & Mardani, Abbas, 2023. "Does digital transformation improve the firm’s performance? From the perspective of digitalization paradox and managerial myopia," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
    16. Saumyaranjan Sahoo & Satish Kumar & Uthayasankar Sivarajah & Weng Marc Lim & J. Christopher Westland & Ashwani Kumar, 2024. "Blockchain for sustainable supply chain management: trends and ways forward," Electronic Commerce Research, Springer, vol. 24(3), pages 1563-1618, September.
    17. Victoria Akberdina & Wadim Strielkowski & Natalia Linder & Sergey Kashirin & Lyudmila Shmeleva, 2023. "Information Technology and Digital Sufficiency for Building the Sustainable Circular Economy," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-14, January.
    18. Xu, Xiaoping & Yan, Luling & Choi, Tsan-Ming & Cheng, T.C.E., 2023. "When Is It Wise to Use Blockchain for Platform Operations with Remanufacturing?," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 309(3), pages 1073-1090.
    19. Alnoor, Alhamzah & Abbas, Sammar & Sadaa, Abdullah Mohammed & Chew, XinYing & Bayram, Gül Erkol, 2025. "Navigating the power of blockchain strategy: Analysis of technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework and innovation resistance theory using PLS-SEM and ANN insights," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 214(C).
    20. Lucie Sislian & Anicia Jaegler, 2022. "Linkage of blockchain to enterprise resource planning systems for improving sustainable performance," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(3), pages 737-750, March.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:kap:jmgtgv:v:29:y:2025:i:3:d:10.1007_s10997-024-09724-w. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.