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Ali Ihsan Ozdemir, Ismail Erol, Ilker Murat Ar , Ankara Yildirim, Iskender Peker,
Ali Asgary , Tunc Durmus Medeni and Ihsan Tolga Medeni “The role of
blockchain in reducing the impact of barriers  to humanitarian supply chain
management” ,Business Administration, Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
Business Administration, Gumushane University, Gumushane, Turkey Disaster
and Emergency Management, York University – Keele Campus, Toronto,
Canada, and Management Information Systems, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit
University Ankara, Turkey, 2020

Findings:
 Interorganizational barriers are the most appropriate with blockchain potentially
alleviating their effects.
 Humanitarian supply chain managers make more informed decisions about whether or
not to incorporate blockchain in their operations.
 Assist decision-makers in identifying specific hurdles, the impact of which could be
mitigated through the use of blockchain.
 Helps various decision makers make more rational decisions and allocate their resources
more effectively.

Limitations:
 This research was carried out using the data collected from the experts of a particular
country.
 The proposed decision aid contemplates a limited set of criteria to assess a possible role
of blockchain in overcoming the barriers to HSCM.

Future Research:
 There should be more research on the role of blockchain in reducing the impact of barriers to
HSCM using an intuitionistic fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making approach.