Fashion & Blockchain – Promoting the transparency of sustainability efforts in the fashion industry’s supply chain

In this project, we first explore the fundamentals of blockchain technology and its current status. Then we look at its potential application in the supply chain of various fashion industries to finally have a glimpse at what the future looks like.

– Presentation

INDUCTIVE:

– Involves the search for pattern(s) from observation and the development of explanations – theories – for those patterns through series of hypotheses.

– No theories or hypotheses would apply in inductive studies at the beginning of the research and the researcher is free in terms of altering the direction for the study after the research process had commenced (action research).

– Action research: a research strategy which combines research with action and participation in the field.

QUALITATIVE DATA:

– Desk Research (Literature review, etc.).

– Interviews with key experts in Blockchain, Fashion Industry and concerned Companies/Start Ups.

– Action Research (we are in close contact with companies and their input on the research are highly valuable).

– Grounded Theory (identifying patterns from primary data).

– A presentation that informs companies about the status of blockchain and its potential applications on the supply chain of the fashion industry in order to render more transparent their sustainability efforts.

– Companies are more informed about what blockchain technology is and its potential applications.