Trade Finance & Supply Chain
Required Readings:
‘Blockchain: closing the $1.5 trillion gap in trade finance’ Blockdata (April 9, 2019)
‘R3’s Marco Polo Trade Blockchain Takes Another Step Toward Production’ CoinDesk (August 14,
2019)
‘3 ways blockchain can revolutionize global supply chains’ World Economic Forum (April 25, 2019)
‘Gartner Predicts 90% of Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Initiatives Will Suffer ‘Blockchain Fatigue’ by
2023’ Gartner (May 7, 2019)
‘Trade Tech – A New Age for Trade and Supply Chain Finance’ World Economic Forum/Bain
(September 2018)
Optional Readings:
‘Tracking Drugs on Blockchain: How Significant Is Walmart and IBM’s New Collaboration?’
CoinTelegraph (June 22, 2019)
Study Questions/Issues to Prepare:
1) What attributes of trade finance and supply chain management might make them ripe use cases
for blockchain applications?
2) Why have and will so many of these projects not live up to their promoters’ promises?
3) What lessons might be drawn from the ongoing projects?