5G Networks in the Value Chain
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5G Networks in the Value Chain Abderahman Rejeb1 · John G. Keogh2 Accepted: 29 October 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract As Information and Communication Technologies are evolving rapidly and at an exponen‑ tial pace‚ businesses are forced to cope with the latest trends in innovation and to respond to emerging needs and opportunities. The constant digitization and process automation (digi‑ talization) of supply chains call for the consideration of innovative services to sustain value chain efficiency and effectiveness. Given the approaching technological developments‚ the new network upgrades embodied in 5G networks raises several high expectations along the value chain. This paper recognizes the critical role of 5G telecommunications to sup‑ port several value chain activities and create value propositions that would not be possible with existing network generations. To this end‚ Porter’s value chain model is applied and comprehensively discussed to highlight the potential areas that could be facilitated by 5G telecommunications. Keywords 5G networks · Value chain · Efficiency · Effectiveness · Telecommunication
1 Introduction The information and communications technologies (ICTs) have recently spawned a wave of change across several industries‚ disrupting value chains and creating new business mod‑ els. Adoption of ICT is not new to supply chains‚ instead, it has been recognized in sup‑ ply chain management as one of the critical driving forces in forging effective business relationships [1–3]. The deployment of ICT and modern technologies (e.g., blockchain) allows supply chain partners to exchange information‚ to coordinate business operations‚ and to blur geographical and physical boundaries [4]. Today‚ the majority of businesses are fully cognizant of the fact that ICT is a critical part of their assets and enables their supply chain [5]. ICT could also be viewed as a competitive advantage for businesses and tools for improving the overall performance of value chains regardless of any assertions to the * Abderahman Rejeb [email protected] John G. Keogh [email protected] 1
Doctoral School of Regional Sciences and Business Administration, Széchenyi István University, Győr 9026, Hungary
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Henley Business School, University of Reading, Greenlands, Henley‑on‑Thames RG9 3AU, UK
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contrary. As such‚ Fawcett et al. [6] demonstrated this empirically by finding that commu‑ nication willingness impacted operational performance and was crucial to the leverage of information sharing capability. As ICTs are evolving rapidly and at an exponential pace‚ existing supply chains are forced to cope with the latest trends and to respond to emerging needs. In this context, the evolution of digitization (information) and digitalization (process/role) in the supply chain and the demands for innovative digital services create a requirement for a new network upgrade envisioned in the emergence of Fifth Generation (5G) ne
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