arbiter
JournalsAccount

Blockchain in Megaproject Execution – A Systematic Literature Review and an Information Systems Research Agenda

Shantanu Dey & Rajhans Mishra

Communications of the Association for Information Systems2025https://doi.org/10.17705/1cais.05632article
AJG 2ABDC A
Weight
0.41

Abstract

Megaprojects are complex and capital-intensive endeavors that result in societal transformation and value creation. Given the tremendous failure costs, the challenges and causes of megaprojects' performance issues draw attention from project management practitioners and the research community. Information systems research explores technology’s role in shaping and transforming business and society. However, technology’s role in addressing megaproject performance is still under-researched, as evidenced by a search in the leading information systems (IS) journals. Among the emerging technologies, blockchain’s applicability in addressing challenges in megaproject performance is relevant for critical infrastructure development projects. The blockchain can potentially deliver cures to address megaproject challenges and their causes by synthesizing and analyzing evidence from literature across multiple contexts. We undertake three systematic literature reviews across ninety-eight prominent project management, IS, and construction project journals to understand megaproject problems and blockchain’s role in addressing similar problems in supply chain and procurement in projects. We propose a conceptual framework that describes how autonomy, agency, and enactment may shape blockchain’s role as an intervention in megaprojects to help researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners build a blockchain platform for megaproject supply chains. We also provide a research agenda concerning blockchain in the megaproject supply chain using the TCCM framework.

2 citations

Open via your library →

Cite this paper

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.17705/1cais.05632

Or copy a formatted citation

@article{shantanu2025,
  title        = {{Blockchain in Megaproject Execution – A Systematic Literature Review and an Information Systems Research Agenda}},
  author       = {Shantanu Dey & Rajhans Mishra},
  journal      = {Communications of the Association for Information Systems},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.17705/1cais.05632},
}

Paste directly into BibTeX, Zotero, or your reference manager.

Flag this paper

Blockchain in Megaproject Execution – A Systematic Literature Review and an Information Systems Research Agenda

Flags are reviewed by the Arbiter methodology team within 5 business days.

Evidence weight

0.41

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.25 × 0.4 = 0.10
M · momentum0.55 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

† Text relevance is estimated at 0.50 on the detail page — for your query’s actual relevance score, open this paper from a search result.