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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2025, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 165-181.doi: 10.16381/j.cnki.issn1003-207x.2024.1643

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Platform Supply Chain Management: New Challenges and Opportunities

Weihua Liu1, Zhe Li1, Shangsong Long2(), Yugang Yu3, Baofeng Huo4, Yanjie Liang5   

  1. 1.College of Management and Economics,Tianjin University,Tianjin 300072,China
    2.School of Business,Hong Kong Polytechnic University,Hong Kong 999077,China
    3.School of Econmics and Management,Anhui University of Science and Technology,Hefei 232001,China
    4.School of Management,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310000,China
    5.School of Business,Jinan University,Jinan 250002,China
  • Received:2024-09-16 Revised:2024-10-11 Online:2025-01-25 Published:2025-02-14
  • Contact: Shangsong Long E-mail:shangsong.long@polyu.edu.hk

Abstract:

The continuous emergence of new-generation information technology has driven the deep integration of supply chain and platform economy, and supply chain management has stepped into a new stage of platform supply chain. The development of platform supply chain, while driving the evolution and transformation of business model, is also reshaping the boundaries between different market participants, which raises numerous challenges for academics and practitioners. Despite extensive research on platform supply chain has been conducted in recent years, a systematic literature review on this field is still lacking, especially regarding how to address the complex challenges in platform supply chain management and how to seize new opportunities in future development.Driven by reality and theoretical needs, a combination of descriptive statistics and content analysis is adopted to conduct a comprehensive and systematic review of the relevant research in the field of platform supply chain management in the core set of Web of Science and CNKI database from 2013 to 2023. Through quantitative analysis of literature from the past decade, the research hotspots and development trends in this field are identified, and further content analysis is conducted from both problem-oriented and method-driven perspectives. Based on the logic of “why-what-how”, the issues of platform supply chain management are summarized that have been addressed in the past decade from three angles: “why promote the construction of platform supply chain-what are the obstacles to promoting the construction of platform supply chain-how to promote the construction of platform supply chain”. The research challenges are then discussed, and opportunities for future research are identified.It is found that the research challenges in platform supply chain management include the complexity of collaboration and integration, the dual dilemmas of technology and data, the pressure of ecological design and innovation, and the governance dilemma and regulatory issue. Based on these findings, new opportunities of platform supply chain management in the future are proposed from four aspects: new environment, new technology, new ecology and new governance, which are platform supply chain collaborative operation under complex environment, platform supply chain operation decision-making considering technology empowerment, platform supply chain operation mode innovation under ecological background, and platform supply chain governance with multi-subject participation. It is hoped that new perspectives for theoretical innovation and deeper research in academia are provided and reference and practical guidance are offered for enterprises and organizations in coping with real-world challenges.

Key words: platform supply chain, supply chain management, platform ecosystem

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