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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Blockchain
Sec. Blockchain in Industry
Volume 8 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fbloc.2025.1578493
This article is part of the Research Topic Distributed Ledger Solutions in Web 4.0 and their Impact on Enterprises and Society View all articles
Hierarchical Influence of Enterprise Departments on Blockchain Adoption: An Analytical Hierarchy Process Approach
Provisionally accepted
Mandana Gharehdaghi 1,2*
Dirk-Jan F Kamann 1- 1 University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
- 2 economy and business, Veszprém, Hungary
The purpose of this study is to show the hierarchical influence of functional departments-Finance, Marketing, Human Resource Management (HRM), Production, and Purchasing-on adopting new technologies, where the adoption of blockchain technology serves as an example.The methodology applied is grounded in Isomorphism Theory and investigates how institutional pressures shape departmental influence on adoption decisions. The study utilizes survey data from 156 professionals across 10 countries and applies the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to analyze the results. The findings reveal a clear hierarchy of influence: the finance department holds the most significant role, followed by marketing, production, HRM, and purchasing, in that order, each plays a distinct part in the adoption process. A practical implication is that these findings emphasize a critical need to understand departmental dynamics for successful blockchain implementation. In conclusion, this study provides empirical evidence of departmental decisionmaking influence, showing how internal processes, hierarchical structures, and external pressures impact blockchain adoption decisions.
Keywords: Blockchain Adoption, organizational hierarchy, Analytical hierarchy process (AHP), isomorphism, suppl chain
Received: 17 Feb 2025; Accepted: 31 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Gharehdaghi and Kamann. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Mandana Gharehdaghi, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
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