Factors, Outcome, and The Solutions of Supply Chain Finance: Review and The Future Directions

Journal of
Risk and Financial

Management
Review
Factors, Outcome, and the Solutions of Supply Chain
Finance: Review and the Future Directions
Zericho R Marak * and Deepa Pillai
Symbiosis School of Banking and Finance, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), 412115, India;
deepa.pillai@ssbf.edu.in
* Correspondence: zericho.marak@ssbf.edu.in

Received: 19 October 2018; Accepted: 18 December 2018; Published: 21 December 2018
Abstract: In the current highly competitive and fast-changing business environment, in which the
optimisation of all resources matters, creating an efficient supply chain is crucial. Earlier studies on
supply chains have focussed on aligning product/services and information flows while neglecting
the financial aspects. Due to this, in recent times, importance has been given to align financial flows
with the other components of the supply chain. The interest in supply chain finance rose after the
financial crisis when the bank loans declined considerably, as the need for better management and
the optimisation of working capital became obvious. This paper reviews the articles on supply chain
finance based on three themes—factors, outcomes, and solutions—while at the same time providing
directions for future research on supply chain finance. This article is unique, as it investigates the
factors affecting supply chains according to the existing literature. It also sheds light on the outcome
of the supply chain without limiting the discussion only to the benefits. Further, it addresses the
question: what are the solutions constituting supply chain finance?
Keywords: supply chain management; supply chain finance; working capital; factors; outcomes;
solutions; optimisation
1. Introduction
In the modern fast-changing business environment, competitive pressures have become more
acute. To maintain a competitive advantage and be on top of the game, focus and attention have
been given to make supply chains more effective and efficient, in contrast to competing as a single
company. A lot of academic research studies have been devoted to improving the physical flow of
goods or services and the informational flow of the supply chain. However, the financial aspect of the
supply chain has been heretofore neglected (Lamoureux and Evans 2011; Bailey and Francis 2008;
Pfohl and Gomm 2009; Caniato et al. 2016). If the supply chain is to be more efficient and the
companies are expected to maintain a competitive advantage or even to compete, all the components
of the supply chain need to be given proper attention.
Supply chain finance (SCF) became more critical after the financial crisis of September 2008, when
the loans from banks and financial institutions receded very drastically. Considerably, other alternative
forms of financing, especially trade credit from suppliers, became more demanding. However,
an extension of trade credit is subjected to the bargaining power whereby weaker suppliers will be
forced to increase the payment period or forcibly delay the repayment (Fabbri and Klapper 2016). This
can create risk or disruption in the supply chain (Boissay and Gropp 2007; Coricelli and Masten 2004;
Raddatz 2010; Caniato et al. 2016). Therefore, there is a need for the better management and
optimisation of working capital in the supply chain which SCF endeavours. SCF has also been
touted to improve the accessibility of funds to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Besides, it also
assists with viewing working capital management from the supply chain perspective, rather than a
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single entity perspective. However, although most of the works on SCF deal with working capital,
it is important to note that it is not limited to optimising short-term financial flow; it may also cover
long-term financing. SCF can create win–win situations for the supply chain (SC) partners. A lot of
academic research works have come up in the last few years that address this area of supply chain.
According to Xu et al. (2018), the research on supply chain finance (SCF) can be traced back to the
1970s; for example, Budin and Eapen (1970) worked on the net cash flow that is generated in business
operations during a cash-planning period, and the effect of such changes on the policies relating to
trade credit and inventories. Haley and Higgins (1973) studied the relationship between trade credit
policy and inventory policy. However, the formalisation of the definition of SCF occurred only during
the 21st century. According to Pfohl and Gomm (2009), Stemmler and Seuring (2003) were amongst
the first ones to use the term SCF where they spoke of the control and optimisation of financial flows
induced by logistics. Hofmann (2005) defined SCF as “located at the intersection of logistics, supply
chain management, and finance” and as “an approach for two or more organisations in a supply chain,
including external service providers, to jointly create value by planning, steering, and controlling the
flow of financial resources on an inter-organisational level”.
Pfohl and Gomm (2009) defined SCF as the inter-company optimisation of financing and the
integration of financing processes with customers, suppliers, and service providers to increase the
value of all of the participating companies. Gomm (2010) defined it as “optimising the financial
structure and cash flow within the supply chain”. The researcher also stated that the objective of SCF
is to optimise financing across borders to decrease the cost of capital and increase the speed of cash
flows. Further, SCF is defined as “the use of financing and risk mitigation practices and techniques
to optimise the management of the working capital and liquidity invested in supply chain processes
and transactions” (Global Supply Chain Finance Forum n.d.; Babich and Kouvelis 2018). Thus, this
definition added a dimension of risk mitigation to supply chain finance.
It can be seen that the main aim of supply chain finance is to optimise the inter-organisational
flow of funds (Hofmann 2005) preferably through the solutions implemented by financial institutions
(Camerinelli 2009) or technology service providers (Lamoureux and Evans 2011). The ultimate aim is
to align financial flows with other components of the supply chain, i.e., physical and information flow,
within the supply chain, improving cash flow from a supply chain perspective (Wuttke et al. 2013b).
As the interest on the SCF grew in the 21st century both in academics and practice, research
and contributions to SCF increased. However, there have been differences in the approach to SCF,
and thus there emerged different perspectives to the definition of SCF. Gelsomino et al. (2016b)
showed that the SCF literature lacked a single definition, and there are two main perspectives to a SCF:
financial-oriented perspective, and supply chain-oriented perspective. There is another perspective
to SCF, which is called the ‘buyer driven-oriented perspective’, which mainly focusses on ‘reverse
factoring’, and can be considered as a subset of the ‘finance-oriented perspective’. The finance-oriented
perspective considers SCF to be a set of (innovative) financial solutions and concentrates on short-term
financing and particularly on the financing solutions relating to receivables and payables. The role of
financial institutions or banks concerning SCF solutions is mandatory in this perspective. The ‘supply
chain-oriented perspective’ of SCF includes, within the SCF framework, the optimisation of the
inventories along the chain (or at least between the customer and the supplier) to reduce the working
capital. Therefore, the need for financing or working capital shifts to the player with a better availability
of cash and/or a lower financing cost. Further, it does not limit SCF to only short-term financing,
and there is no mandatory role of financial institutions and banks in SCF solutions. Thus, it can be
said that the ‘supply chain perspective’ of SCF has a broader view of SCF than the ‘finance-oriented
perspective’.
There have been literature review articles relating to supply chain finance, e.g., Gelsomino et al.
(2016b) and Xu et al. (2018). Gelsomino et al. (2016b) did a review of the existing literature based on
three themes, i.e., concept and definitions, expected benefits, and SCF initiatives in place. Although
the expected benefits have been touched on by Gelsomino et al. (2016b), the outcome or consequences
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this current article, i.e., the factors, outcomes, and solutions of SCF. By focusing on three themes—the
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factors, outcomes, and solutions of SCF—this paper will contribute to the existing literature.
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Figure 1. Literature review procedure (adapted with permission from Hofmann and Bosshard 2017).
3. Formulation of Research Questions

This literature review is motivated by the following three research questions:
RQ1: What are the factors that influence the use of supply chain finance?
RQ2: What are the outcomes of supply chain finance?
RQ3: What are the solutions to supply chain finance that have been discussed in the
existing literature?
The article aims to answer these three research questions, and the researchers believe that
answering these questions will lead to the contribution of this article to the supply chain finance
literature. Therefore, the paper focuses on the three themes, i.e., the factors, outcomes, and solutions of
supply chain finance.
4. Locating the Research Articles

Articles were searched from the scientific research databases of Scopus and Web of Science using a
string of keywords, i.e., “Supply Chain Finance” OR “Supply Chain Financing” OR “Financial Supply
Chain” OR “Financial Value Chain”. From the search results, conference proceedings were removed.
Scopus produced a result of 182 articles and Web of Science produced a result of 45 search results.
This review article concentrated specifically on three themes:
a. Factors influencing supply chain finance

b. The outcome of supply chain finance
c. Solutions of supply chain
First of all, the abstract of the articles was read; then, the body of the articles was also carefully
read, and only those articles fitting to the themes were selected for final review. The majority of the
articles in the Web of Science were overlapping with that of Scopus. It is understandable that the Web
of Science indexed a lesser number of journals, and most of them are listed in Scopus as well. Finally,
70 articles were considered for the review. The process of the identification, screening, derivation of
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eligibility documents, and final inclusion of the documents for review is given in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Procedure for locating, screening, and selecting documents.

Figure 2. Procedure for locating, screening, and selecting documents.
5. Classification of the Articles

The classification of selected and collected literature is done as per the format shown in Table 1.
Initially, the findings of the articles reviewed were grouped in the head ‘findings’. However, whether
5. Classification of the Articles

The classification of selected and collected literature is done as per the format shown in Table 1.
Initially, the findings of the articles reviewed were grouped in the head ‘findings’. However, whether
the findings were related to ‘factors’ or/and ‘outcomes’ was further analysed. Thus, separate heads
for ‘factors’ and ‘outcomes’ were created. The rest of the heads under which categorisation was done
are shown in Table 1, which was completed using Microsoft Excel.
Table 1. Categorisation of the articles.
Category Information
Author(s) Contributor(s) to the article
Source Journal or book in which the considered article was published
Year Year in which the article was published
Volume and issue Volume and issue of the articles reviewed
Country Country of the corresponding author’s affiliation
Keywords Keywords stated by the articles to help with visibility
Objectives of the paper Aims/objectives/research questions of the paper
Methodologies used in the study. If multiple methodologies were used,
Methodologies then all of the methodologies were recorded in the first round. Then, for the
final categorisation, only the main methodology was considered.
Findings Findings/results/outcomes of the paper
Forces or factors that are discussed explicitly or implicitly to influence supply
Factors
chain finance
The consequences or outcome of supply chain finance, whether positive or
Outcome
negative and discussed explicitly or implicitly in the literature
Various instruments or initiatives or modes that help facilitate supply chain
Solutions
finance
Limitations/gaps/future directions mentioned in the paper or that can be
Limitations and gaps
observed in the paper
6. Synthesis of Structure Literature Review

This article does not claim to cover the entire literature on the supply chain finance exhaustively;
instead, based on the articles reviewed, it provides a snapshot of the supply chain finance regarding
three themes: factors, outcomes, and solutions. Also based on the analysis and review, it provides a
path for future research work.
7. Results and Findings
7.1. Methodologies
Figure 3 shows most of the published articles have followed an analytical modelling methodology
(37 articles), followed by case studies (15 articles). These two methodologies make up 74% of the total
articles reviewed.
7. Results and Findings
7.1. Methodologies
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7.3. Source of Publication and Top Cited Papers

The highest number of reviewed articles is found in International Journal of Physical
Distribution and Logistics Management (six papers), followed by International Journal of Production
Economics (three papers), Revista de la Facultad de Ingeniería U.C.V (three papers), Supply Chain
7.3. Source of Publication and Top Cited Papers

The highest number of reviewed articles is found in International Journal of Physical Distribution
and Logistics Management (six papers), followed by International Journal of Production Economics
(three papers), Revista de la Facultad de Ingeniería U.C.V (three papers), Supply Chain Forum
(three papers), Sustainability (three papers), Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Entity
(two papers), The European Journal of Operations Research (two papers), The International
Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research (two papers), The International Journal of
Logistics Research and Applications (two papers), The International Journal of Production Research
(two papers), The International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science, and Technology (two papers),
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (two papers), and Supply Chain Management
(two papers). These articles cover 50% of the total articles reviewed, showing how diverse the sources
of the publications have been. Table 2 shows the distribution of the sources of articles in terms of the
‘Name of the Journal’ and the number of articles reviewed.
Table 3 also provides the top 10 cited papers from both Scopus and Web of Science.
Table 2. Distribution of reviewed articles by sources of publication.
Name of the Journal No. of Articles

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management 6
International Journal of Production Economics 4
Revista de la Facultad de Ingeniería 3
Supply Chain Forum 3
Sustainability 3
Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry 2
European Journal of Operational Research 2
International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research 2
International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications 2
International Journal of Production Research 2
International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science, and Technology 2
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 2
Supply Chain Management 2
Advances in Transportation Studies 1
Agro Food Industry Hi-Tech 1
Amfiteatru Economic 1
Asian Journal of Law and Society 1
Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research 1
Boletin Tecnico/Technical Bulletin 1
Business Process Management Journal 1
International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) 1
International Journal of Integrated Supply Management 1
International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management 1
International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management 1
International Journal of Operations and Production Management 1
International Journal of Revenue Management 1
International Journal of Services, Technology, and Management 1
Journal of Applied Accounting Research 1
Journal of Business Logistics 1
Journal of Corporate Finance 1
Journal of Cases on Information Technology 1
Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization 1
Journal of Management Information Systems 1
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management 1
Journal of Modelling in Management 1
Journal of Supply Chain Management 1
Journal of the Operational Research Society 1
Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University (Science) 1
Logistics and Supply Chain Innovation: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice 1
Table 2. Cont.
Name of the Journal No. of Articles

Logistics Research 1
Management Science 1
Omega 1
Metallurgical and Mining Industry 1
OR Spectrum 1
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering, and Technology 1
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering, and Technology 1
Shenzhen Daxue Xuebao (Ligong Ban)/Journal of Shenzhen University Science and Engineering 1
Xitong Gongcheng Lilun yu Shijian/System Engineering Theory and Practice 1
Table 3. Top 10 cited papers from Scopus and Web of Science.
Scopus Web of Science

Author(s) Times Cited Author(s) Times Cited
Pfohl and Gomm (2009) 63 Raghavan and Mishra (2011) 37
Randall and Farris (2009) 63 Wuttke et al. (2013a) 35
Raghavan and Mishra (2011) 58 Shang et al. (2009) 20
Wuttke et al. (2013a) 43 Johnson (2008) 20
Wuttke et al. (2013b) 34 Yan and Sun (2013) 17
Gomm (2010) 31 Wuttke et al. (2016) 8
Johnson (2008) 30 Van der Vliet et al. (2015) 7
More and Basu (2013) 29 Yan et al. (2014) 7
Fairchild (2005) 26 Yan and Sun (2015) 6
Shang et al. (2009) 25 Chen et al. (2017) 5
7.4. Country
Figure 5 depicts the contributing countries to the supply chain finance literature. The highest
contribution has come from China (29 articles), followed by Germany (eight articles), the United States
of America (USA) (eight articles), and Switzerland (five articles). China alone has contributed about
40% of the total reviewed papers. In comparison, all of the above-mentioned countries—i.e., China,
Germany, the USA, and Switzerland—contributed 77% of the total articles reviewed. Among these
countries, there are similarities and differences in the patterns of contribution to the field, e.g., China
and Germany’s main contributions have come in the form of analytical articles, followed by case
studies and conceptual articles. However, in the case of China, around 86% (25 out of 29) of the articles
have been analytical, whereas in the case of Germany, it is 50% (four out of eight). With regards to the
USA, the majority of the articles have been in the form of studies based on secondary data (five out of
eight), and in the case of Switzerland, more articles have been in the form of empirical studies based
on surveys. It is interesting to note that there is no article present in the sample that is considered for
the review from the regions such as Africa and South America. It can be said that there is still a lack of
exploration and studies on supply chain finance in certain parts of the globe.
articles have been analytical, whereas in the case of Germany, it is 50% (four out of eight). With
regards to the USA, the majority of the articles have been in the form of studies based on secondary
data (five out of eight), and in the case of Switzerland, more articles have been in the form of empirical
studies based on surveys. It is interesting to note that there is no article present in the sample that is
considered for the review from the regions such as Africa and South America. It can be said that9there
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is still a lack of exploration and studies on supply chain finance in certain parts of the globe.
Figure 5. Contributing
Figure 5. Contributing countries.
countries.
7.5. Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Supply Chain Finance

7.5. Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Supply Chain Finance
Several researchers discussed the varied number of factors that are expected to affect the
Several researchers discussed the varied number of factors that are expected to affect the
acceptance of supply chain finance amongst firms in the supply chain. The most widely discussed
acceptance of supply chain finance amongst firms in the supply chain. The most widely discussed
factors in the literature are collaboration, the automation of trade process/level of digitalisation, trust,
factors in the literature are collaboration, the automation of trade process/level of digitalisation, trust,
reputation, image or track record, bargaining power, coordination, financing cost, information sharing,
reputation, image or track record, bargaining power, coordination, financing cost, information
cooperation, availability of external financing, financial attractiveness, supply chain integration, credit
sharing, cooperation, availability of external financing, financial attractiveness, supply chain
rating, dependence, objectives, information visibility, workforce, and joint decision making.
integration, credit rating, dependence, objectives, information visibility, workforce, and joint decision
Collaboration is one of the important factors that have been widely discussed as having
making.
an effect on the use of SCF (Fairchild 2005; Pfohl and Gomm 2009; Wuttke et al. 2013a, 2013b;
Popa 2013; Silvestro and Lustrato 2014; Wandfluh et al. 2016; Caniato et al. 2016; Protopappa-Sieke
and Seifert 2017; Zhang 2016; Blackman and Holland 2006). It is clearly understood that SCF is a
collaborative form of financing, and thus, collaboration as a factor plays an important role in its use
and successful adoption. Not only inter-firm collaboration, but intra-firm collaboration as well, i.e.,
between departments of the organisation, is found to be essential for SCF (Wandfluh et al. 2016;
Caniato et al. 2016). Trust is an integral part of supply chain financing, and several researchers
have stressed that trust is essential (Randall and Farris 2009; Wuttke et al. 2013b; Liebl et al. 2016;
Martin 2017; Blackman and Holland 2006; Karyani et al. 2015; Ta et al. 2018). Martin (2017) stated
that trust exists when there is honesty and benevolence. The parties involved in the supply
chain need to maintain trustworthiness, and Ta et al. (2018) mentioned that changes in the
trustworthiness can play a crucial role in maintaining a relationship. It is important for the SC
partners to maintain openness (Randall and Farris 2009) and fairness (Chen et al. 2017). In line
with this, several articles also stressed reputation, image, or track record (Iacono et al. 2015;
Liebl et al. 2016; Chen 2016; Zheng and Zhang 2017). While Iacono et al. (2015) showed the importance
of a bank’s track record in reverse factoring, Liebl et al. (2016) stated that buyers extend
reverse factoring to the suppliers with a proper track record. Chen (2016), while working on
the supply chain financing and the function and role of logistics enterprises, pointed out the
need for the focal company to have a good reputation, i.e., the logistics company in this
case. Zheng and Zhang (2017) viewed the SCF for Business to Business (B2B) cross-border e-commerce
business, and demonstrated that reputation is essential. The higher the reputation, image, or track
record, the better the trustworthiness and facilitation of SCF will be. Besides, the SC partners need
to maintain cooperation (Jiang et al. 2016; Zheng and Zhang 2017; Yu and Zhu 2018) and coordination
(Shang et al. 2009; Silvestro and Lustrato 2014; Gomm 2010; Yu and Ma 2015), as well as share risk,
reward (Randall and Farris 2009), and information (Silvestro and Lustrato 2014; Wandfluh et al. 2016;
Jiang et al. 2016; Ding et al. 2017); and jointly make decisions (Raghavan and Mishra 2011;
Wuttke et al. 2013b). Carnovale and Yeniyurt (2015) demonstrated that the supply chain network is
crucial for the firm’s performance, and a well-connected network is associated with better performance.
Power is defined as “the ability of one firm to influence the actions and intentions of
another” (Maloni and Benton 2000; Martin 2017), and it also plays a role in SCF, which
several articles have highlighted (Wuttke et al. 2013b; Caniato et al. 2016; Wuttke et al. 2016;
Protopappa-Sieke and Seifert 2017; Chen et al. 2017). In the literature, power has been mostly
associated with the bargaining power of the buyer (focal company), as the buyer has been assumed to
be a larger enterprise to their supplier. Caniato et al. (2016) used a term called “financial attractiveness”
to refer to the bargaining power of the focal company to the financial institutions, which help in
offering SCF solutions to their supplier, as in the case of reverse factoring. If the bargaining power of
the focal firm, which is the buying firm in this case, is high, the buyer tends to reduce the purchase
prices, whereas if it is low, then the buyer will try to improve the relationship with key suppliers.
Similarly, the dependence of one firm on another, which is the reciprocal of power, influences the supply
chain financing (Wuttke et al. 2013a; Martin 2017). Wuttke et al. (2013a) goes further, and divided
dependence into ‘pooled dependence’ and ‘dispersion of dependence’.
Caniato et al. (2016) mentioned that there is a plurality of objectives behind adopting SCF, i.e.,
improving the adopter’s financial performance and securing the supply chain, and these objectives
play a crucial role in SCF adoption. Other studies by Iacono et al. (2015), Liebl et al. (2016), and
Zhou et al. (2018) also confirmed the influence of objectives on SCF.
The level of automation of trade processes or the level of digitalisation is another important
factor that the literature stressed (Fairchild 2005; Wuttke et al. 2013b; Gomm 2010; Caniato et al. 2016;
Chen 2016; Blackman and Holland 2006; Zhou et al. 2018). The automation of trade processes may
occur in various ways, e.g., electronic invoicing, reconciliation databases, electronic payment systems,
trade platforms, and forecasting platforms, among others. These technologies or automation may
be offered by banks or financial service providers (Silvestro and Lustrato 2014), or it may need the
involvement of another party in the supply chain financing, i.e., a technology service provider (TSP)
(Martin and Hofmann 2017). TSP may act as a bridge between the funders and buyers, as well as
the sellers. Due to the significance of technologies and vast opportunities arising out of it, Fintechs
are also starting to get involved in SCF (Tsai and Peng 2017). Although for the traditional SCF
solutions, a higher level of automation may not be needed, for innovative SCF solutions, a higher
level of automation may be required. The visibility of information across the trade process and the
supply chain is desirable. In supply chain financing, the same is desired (Silvestro and Lustrato 2014;
Jiang et al. 2016), and the level of automation can increase the visibility.
The studies of Yan and Sun (2013) and Martin (2017) highlighted that the availability of external
financing affects the supply chain partners’ participation in SCF, and the easier accessibility of external
financing may reduce the use of SCF.
The frequency and volume of transactions matter in supply chain finance, as the transactions
need to be financially attractive, especially for the financial service provider. However, the same may
hold true for the buyer as well, e.g., in the case of reverse factoring, where the buyer may be motivated
to use reverse factoring only for those suppliers with an attractive enough volume of receivables
(Pellegrino et al. 2018; Hofmann and Zumsteg 2015; Iacono et al. 2015).
Supply chain integration has also been discussed as an influence on supply chain financing.
Wuttke et al. (2013a) considered it as an umbrella that includes the joint decision, joint investment,
real-time sharing of operational information, regular meetings, engagement in collaborative planning,
and sharing cost information, among others. Not only should the supply chain partners be integrated
upstream and downstream, but SC integration should also exist among financial service providers
(FSPs) as well.
The talent, skill, and expertise of the workforce may also affect supply chain financing. Jiang et al.
(2016) input it in a factor called ‘basic condition’, which consisted of personnel quality, and other factors
similar to this concept include innovation ability, technical ability, quality, and financial condition.
Yan and Sun (2013) performed several analytical methodologies such as the Stackelberg
game, coordination analysis, and numerical analysis, and showed that an “appropriate financing
scheme/solution” matters, and influences the retailer’s decision to order.
The literature has discussed several factors influencing SCF. However, it may be possible to
classify them into broader groups based on similar characteristics. It is understandable that many of
these factors will be overlapping between categories, but for simplification and clearer understanding,
classification of the factors is desirable. Table 4 shows the categorisation of these factors into five
categories, i.e., operational factors, financial factors, relationship factors, and informational factors.
Table 4. Categorisation of factors.
Operational Informational
Financial Factors Relationship Factors Technological Factors
Factors Factors
Automation of trade
Financial
Coordination Collaboration process/level of Information sharing
attractiveness
digitalisation
Frequency and
volume of Financing cost Trust Information visibility
transactions
Availability of
Objectives Bargaining power Reputation/image
external financing
Workforce Credit rating Cooperation
Appropriate
financing Dependence
scheme/solutions
Joint decision making
Shared risk and reward
Supply chain network
7.6. The Outcome of Supply Chain Financing

One of the benefits of SCF that the literature has widely highlighted is the reduction of cost of
financing (Van der Vliet et al. 2015; Iacono et al. 2015; Gelsomino et al. 2016b; Zheng and Zhang 2017;
Ding et al. 2017; Babich and Kouvelis 2018; Yu and Zhu 2018; Yang et al. 2018). It helps to facilitate
offering finance at a lower cost to the SC partners, who generally are not privileged to receive capital
at lower cost. It leads to financial service providers extending finance at lower interest rates. Supply
chain finance not only facilitates a lower cost of financing, it also helps reduce the overall cost in
the supply chain, e.g., cost of producing and delivering goods/services (Blackman and Holland 2006;
Iacono et al. 2015; Gelsomino et al. 2016b; Jiang et al. 2016; Liu and Wen 2017; Babich and Kouvelis
2018). SCF has been widely touted to offer solutions to the problems faced by SMEs in availing finance;
the literature on SCF revealed that SCF improves the accessibility to funds, particularly for smaller SC
partners (Suayb Gundogdu 2010; Wang et al. 2012; Yan and Sun 2015; Hofmann and Zumsteg 2015;
Liu and Wen 2017; Ding et al. 2017; Chen and Wen 2017; Zheng and Zhang 2017; Li et al. 2011).
The major problems in approaching working capital optimisation from a single-company perspective
involve larger enterprises exercising their bargaining power and optimising the working capital at the
expense of other enterprises in the supply chain, which can cause cash flow risk and disruptions in the
supply chain. SCF, on the other hand, helps reduce cash flow risk (Wuttke et al. 2013b; Jiang et al. 2016;
Martin 2017; Yan and Sun 2015; Gelsomino et al. 2016b; Liu and Wen 2017) and disruptions in the
supply chain (Blackman and Holland 2006; Wuttke et al. 2013b; Jiang et al. 2016). It helps unlock
and improve the working capital position, e.g., in factoring, reverse factoring, inventor financing,
or warehouse financing, a supplier can avail the needed funds before the payment period. Although
financial institutions may need to offer to fund at lower rates, SCF ensures an increase in transactions
(Hofmann and Zumsteg 2015; Jiang et al. 2016), and helps increase revenue and income for FSPs
(Iacono et al. 2015; Zheng and Zhang 2017). Several articles discussed the ability of SCF to enhance
the profitability of the individual enterprises as well as that of the supply chain (Wang et al. 2012;
Hofmann and Zumsteg 2015; Yan and Sun 2015; Grüter and Wuttke 2017; Bi et al. 2018a; Yu and Zhu
2018; Zhou et al. 2016). There are also other articles that merely touched on the benefits as improving
the financial performance (Gomm 2010; Yan et al. 2014; Shi and Wang 2015; Caniato et al. 2016;
Carnovale and Yeniyurt (2015); Zhang 2016; Liu and Wen 2017). It is understandable that all of the
above-discussed points contribute to the overall financial performance. Pfohl and Gomm (2009) stated
that SCF affects the firms by influencing three areas: volume, cost, and duration. The solutions will
affect one or more of the dimension(s), and some of the solutions will have a greater effect than the
other (also see Gelsomino et al. 2016b).
The visibility of information in the chain is essential for the efficiency and effectiveness of
the chain, and SCF aids in reducing information asymmetry in the supply chain (Fairchild 2005;
Hofmann and Zumsteg 2015; Ding et al. 2017; Gelsomino et al. 2016b; Li 2017; Song et al. 2018). Several
researchers are also of the view that supply chain finance also helps reduce financing risk (Wang et al.
2012; Tsai and Peng 2017). While Wang et al. (2012) stated that SCF can reduce the financing risk for the
commercial banks, Tsai and Peng (2017) approached the reduction of financing risk from perspective
of the larger enterprise offering loans to the suppliers through online SCF platforms. The main reason
for the reduction of risk for larger enterprise as per Tsai and Peng (2017) is due to greater familiarity
with their suppliers. Although the approach may be different, nevertheless, SCF can help reduce the
financing risk for the finance provider.
Supply chain finance also helps to improve the collaboration between functional departments
within the firm, as well as that between enterprises (Bi et al. 2018a; Bi et al. 2018b; Yang et al. 2018).
It also helps improve the coordination in the supply chain (Huff and Rogers 2015; Bi et al. 2018a;
Bi et al. 2018b). In fact, it improves the relationship in the chain by reducing the conflicts and issues
and improving collaboration and coordination.
Some of the articles discussed SCF as improving the overall supply chain (Yu and Ma 2015;
Protopappa-Sieke and Seifert 2017; Chen et al. 2017). It may be said that SCF offers a win–win situation
for all of the supply chain partners. Overall, it can be said that SCF provides both financial and
non-financial benefits.
On the other hand, there are also articles that discussed the possible negative effects of SCF.
The major issues that could arise from SCF are risk, uncertainty, and vulnerability. Johnson (2008)
demonstrated that risk/uncertainty/vulnerability can occur due the leakage of documents, as supply
chain partners may be transacting through financial institutions. The researchers also characterised
the threat of loss by examining search patterns in peer-to-peer networks, and also showed the linkage
between firm visibility and threat activity. Karyani et al. (2015) stated that if there is a congestion of
cash flow in one of the perpetrators, it will cause a ripple effect on the other partners of the supply
chain as well. Martin (2017) found that suppliers may also face uncertainty on future terms besides
being uncertain about buyers to offer them a financing alternative or solutions.
7.7. Supply Chain Finance Solutions

Supply chain finance is not a single solution-based mode of financing. As it is a medium to
optimise the flow of funds and cover the supply chain, various solutions or instruments make up the
SCF solutions. Table 5 shows various SCF solutions discussed in the literature.
Table 5. Some of the widely discussed solutions in the literature.
Frequency
Solutions Definition Source in the
Sample
In reverse factoring, the buyer sells
the accounts payables and works
Reverse Factoring Liebl et al. (2016) 7
together with the supplier and the
banks to optimise the flow of funds.
Accounts receivable financing refers
to the act of borrowing from a
Accounts Receivables Ramezani et al. (2014);
commercial bank with the accounts 5
Financing Wang (2017)
receivable that have not yet been
received.
“Purchase order financing allows
banks to offer loans to suppliers by
Purchase Order considering the value of purchase
Babich and Kouvelis (2018) 5
Financing orders issued by reputable buyers,
and assessing the risk of the supplier
delivering the order successfully.”
A supply chain financing generally
Suayb Gundogdu (2010);
Agricultural Supply of pre-harvest, trade services
Li et al. (2011); Karyani et al. 5
Chain Finance financing, and post-harvest, which is
(2015);
applied in the agriculture sector.
“Factoring is a type of supplier
financing in which firms sell their
creditworthy accounts receivable at a
Factoring Klapper (2006) 4
discount (generally equal to interest
plus service fees), and receive
immediate cash.”
An online platform that facilitates in Hofmann and Zumsteg
Online SCF Platform networking the parties involved in (2015); Martin and Hofmann 5
supply chain finance (SCF). (2017); Gao et al. (2018)
A short-term loan from a financial
Inventory Financing Caniato et al. (2016) 4
institution to finance inventories.
Warehouse financing means that
Warehousing
co-operators mortgage their goods in Jiang et al. (2016) 4
Financing
warehouses for pledge loans.
In buyer direct financing, the buyer
Buyer Direct (manufacturer) issues both sourcing
Babich and Kouvelis (2018) 4
Financing contracts and loans directly to the
suppliers.
“The supplier is given the freedom to
plan its own production and decide
upon the replenishment schedule as
Vendor-Managed Waller et al. (1999);
long as the agreed customer service 3
Inventory Claassen et al. (2008)
levels are met. This enables suppliers
to stabilise their production and to
optimise the transportation cost”
Table 5. Cont.
Frequency
Solutions Definition Source in the
Sample
It is a part of inventory financing
Raw Material Basu and Nair (2012);
whereby the funds are given to 2
Financing More and Basu (2013)
finance raw materials.
A logistics service provider buys
goods from a manufacturer and
Third Party Logistics obtains an interim legal ownership Caniato et al. (2016);
2
Financing before selling them to the Song et al. (2016)
manufacturers’ customers after a
certain time.
“Dynamic Discounting (DD) utilises
trade process visibility granted by an
Dynamic information and communication
Gelsomino et al. (2016a) 2
Discounting technology (ICT) platform to allow
the dynamic settlement of invoices in
a buyer–supplier relationship.”
A programme in which the supplier
Early Payment
offers a cash discount to encourage Ho et al. (2008) 2
Discount Program
the buyer to pay quickly.
“It refers to a kind of supply chain
financing [in which] the bank helps
Buy Back Guarantee the capital-constrained retailer settle Chen et al. (2017) 2
the payment, based on the core
supplier’s buyback guarantee.”
“A credit guarantee where the
deep-pocket manufacturer represents
Credit Guarantee a promise of timely payment for the Yan et al. (2014, 2017) 2
retailer with high default risks in the
supply chain.”
A bank guarantee is a promise from
the debtor’s bank that the liabilities
Bank Guarantee Martin and Hofmann (2017) 1
of the debtor will be met in the event
of failure to repay.
“The manufacturer assumed to be
the core enterprise of a chain,
Manufacturer
provides her retailer with collateral Bi et al. (2018a) 1
Collateral
to help him borrow from the bank at
a low-interest rate.”
The supplier allows the retailer a
delay in payment, and provides a
Supplier’s Subsidy Bi et al. (2018a) 1
subsidy contract to alleviate its
problems if it is profitable.
In a preselling program, firms offer
to sell their products, possibly at a
Pre-selling Xiao and Zhang (2018) 1
discounted wholesale price, long
before the selling season.
Trade credit is a short-term loan
between firms that are tied in both
timing and value to the exchange of Ferris (1981); and
Trade Credit goods between them. It occurs when García-Teruel and Martínez-Solano 1
there is a delay between the delivery (2010)
of goods or the provision of services
by a supplier and their payment.
Reverse factoring is the most widely discussed solution in the supply chain literature (Liebl et al. 2016;
Lekkakos and Serrano 2016; Caniato et al. 2016; Iacono et al. 2015; Grüter and Wuttke 2017; Popa 2013;
de Goeij et al. 2016). In fact, there are some articles that considered reverse factoring to be SCF.
Gelsomino et al. (2016b) put it as ‘buyer-driven perspective’, which is a subset of the financial-oriented
perspective of SCF. Besides, there are other solutions mentioned, such as payables discounting
(Silvestro and Lustrato 2014), approved payables financing (Martin 2017), and payables extension
finance (Basu and Nair 2012; More and Basu 2013), which in substance are similar to reverse factoring,
i.e., based on payables.
Several articles also focused on ‘accounts receivables financing’, which is the mode of financing
in which enterprises use receivables as the underlying asset (Basu and Nair 2012; Popa 2013;
More and Basu 2013; Silvestro and Lustrato 2014; Wang 2017). Two forms of accounts receivables
financing are evident from the literature, i.e., accounts receivables pledging and accounts receivables
factoring. Although factoring may be a part of accounts receivables financing, various articles
touched on factoring specifically as the mode of financing (Caniato et al. 2016; Tang et al. 2018;
Martin and Hofmann 2017; Yu and Ma 2015).
The suppliers may avail of financing using the ‘purchase orders’ before the repayment period
from the buyers. This form of financing is known as ‘purchase order financing’ (Basu and Nair 2012;
More and Basu 2013; Silvestro and Lustrato 2014; Tang et al. 2018; Babich and Kouvelis 2018).
Supply chain finance may also be used to finance the agricultural supply chain, and is known as
‘agricultural supply chain finance’. Karyani et al. (2015) and Karyani et al. (2016) categorised it into
‘pre-harvest financing’ and ‘trade services financing’. Suayb Gundogdu (2010), while studying the
Islamic structured trade finance on cotton production, grouped the financing modes into pre-harvest
(Salam) and post-harvest (Murabaha and Mursharakah). Zhou et al. (2018) grouped agricultural
supply chain finance into four categories: microcredit, microloans, supply chain and industrial model,
and online and offline lending.
One of the solutions through which SCF can take place is through the online platform. It could be
a platform through which e-factoring or e-reverse factoring could take place, or it may occur in the
form of peer-to-peer lending, or where the smaller supplier or retailer may get a necessary funding
from their SC partner, which could be buyer or manufacturer (Wuttke et al. 2013a; Hofmann and
Zumsteg 2015; Martin and Hofmann 2017; Tsai and Peng 2017; Gao et al. 2018). Caniato et al. (2016)
also dwelled on the online form of SCF by calling them an ‘advanced form of reverse factoring’ and
‘seller-based invoice auction’. The online platform could also be that which connects the supply chain
partners, i.e., buyer, supplier, and service provider, where the documentary process involved in the
transactions could be managed more quickly, visibly, and cost-effectively. Yuan (2007) did a case study
on the TradeCard solution, which helps connect the supply chain partners through better managing
the documentary process of international transactions. TradeCard is stated to be replacing letters of
credit or open accounts in international transactions.
Suppliers may avail funding through ‘inventory financing’, which uses inventory as an underlying
asset (Li et al. 2011; Popa 2013; Tang et al. 2018; Babich and Kouvelis 2018; Chen and Kieschnick 2018).
Warehousing financing is also another popular form of financing where the concerned party may avail
financing by generally pledging the warehouse receipt (Popa 2013; Luo et al. 2015; Jiang et al. 2016;
Chen and Wen 2017).
Buyer direct financing is a mode through which a seller may avail funds from the buyer
through advances or loans, and has also been discussed in several articles (Popa 2013; Tang et al. 2018;
Babich and Kouvelis 2018; Chen and Kieschnick 2018).
Besides the above-mentioned solutions of SCF, the literature on SCF revealed several
solutions such as vendor-managed inventory (Basu and Nair 2012; More and Basu 2013;
Caniato et al. 2016), raw material financing (Basu and Nair 2012), third-party logistics financing
(Basu and Nair 2012; More and Basu 2013), dynamic discounting (Caniato et al. 2016; Martin and
Hofmann 2017), early payment discount programmes (Basu and Nair 2012; More and Basu 2013),
buy-back guarantees (Chen et al. 2017; Yu and Ma 2015), credit guarantees (Yan et al. 2017), bank
guarantees (Martin and Hofmann 2017), manufacturer collateral (Bi et al. 2018a), supplier’s subsidy
(Bi et al. 2018b); SME closed-loop supply chains (SMECLSCs) (Zhang 2016), and supply chain carbon
finance (SCCF) (Yang et al. 2018). Martin (2017) also included letters of credit, bank guarantees,
insurances, and credit assessment as risk mitigation aspects of SCF. Trade credit, which is a form of
credit offered by the supplier to its buyer in the form of deferred payments, is discussed as ‘supplier-led
solutions’ by Babich and Kouvelis (2018).
Although there are many solutions to SCF, it may be possible to group them based on certain
characteristics, e.g., pre-shipment, in-transit, and post-shipment financing (Basu and Nair 2012;
More and Basu 2013), traditional and innovative financing solutions (Caniato et al. 2016), traditional
and integrated SCF practices (Babich and Kouvelis 2018, and buyer-led and supplier-led supply chain
finance (Babich and Kouvelis 2018).
8. Contribution to the Existing Literature

Our study contributes to the existing literature on supply chain finance, and extends the work of
Gelsomino et al. (2016b) and Xu et al. (2018) in the following ways. 1. We identified and consolidated
the factors that influence SCF. Further, we also grouped these factors into five categories based on
certain common characteristics. This grouping can help simplify the understanding of the factors.
2. The current study also identified various outcomes that could emerge out of the use of SCF. We did
not limit ourselves only to the expected benefits resulting out of the SCF. 3. We also addressed the
question: what constitutes the supply chain finance solutions? We identified several SCF solutions that
have been discussed in the extant literature. In addition, we also showed which solutions are most
widely discussed and which are understudied.
9. Managerial Implications
We believe our study offers managerial implications in the following ways. 1. The parties involved
in the supply chain finance, whether the supplier, buyer, financial service provider, or technology
service provider, can understand the important factors that influence the use of SCF. This study can
help them concentrate on these factors to improve the adoption and effectiveness of SCF. 2. The parties
can understand the expected outcome when SCF is implemented. Understanding this is crucial, as it
can improve and enhance the adoption of SCF. For example, SMEs that are generally unaware and
reluctant to explore different instruments may be encouraged to participate in SCF. Larger buyers can
be encouraged to opt for viewing working capital from the SCF perspective, as it can offer a win–win
situation rather than trying to think about its own gain. These buyers may also be able to bring on
board their smaller suppliers under SCF by making them aware about the benefits that can be expected
out of SCF. FSPs can also know that there are benefits in offering SCF solutions. FSPs and technology
service providers can promote their solutions and services better to their potential clients. 3. We have
identified and covered many of the SCF solutions that have been discussed in the literature. This can
help create awareness for the suppliers and buyers alike, and increase an interest to explore more of
these SCF solutions. Technology service providers may also benefit from knowing the various SCF
solutions, and can make better decisions and steps to offer technology-fitting solutions.
10. Conclusions, Future Directions, and Limitations

Supply chain finance as a concept has seen a rise in the early 21st century. It received more
attention and got a thrust after the financial crisis of September 2008, as the loans from the banks and
financial institutions declined considerably. This article reviewed the articles based on three themes:
SCF factors, outcomes, and solutions. We used a string of keywords, i.e., “Supply Chain Finance” OR
“Supply Chain Financing” OR “Financial Supply Chain” OR “Financial Value Chain” and searched
the Scopus and Web of Science databases. After removing the duplications, conference proceedings,
and the articles that did not meet the themes of the paper, finally, we reviewed 70 research articles.
We found that analytical and case studies are the most widely used methodologies. There has been
a growing interest in the SCF in academics whereby the highest number of publications have come
in the last three years. The sources of publications have been quite diverse. Most of the publications
have come from the countries such as China, Germany, the USA, and Switzerland. There is a lack of
contributions from the regions such as Africa and South America.
The most widely discussed factors in the literature are collaboration, the automation of trade
process/level of digitalisation, trust, reputation, image or track record, bargaining power, coordination,
financing cost, information sharing, and cooperation, among others. For the simpler understanding of
the factors influencing SCF, the authors also classified these factors into five categories, i.e., operational,
financial, relationship, technological, and informational factors.
Outcome-wise, a lower cost of financing, reduction in cost, improvement in accessibility
to financing, reduction in information asymmetry, improvement in financial performance,
and enhancement of profitability were the most recurring areas in the research. Overall, the benefits of
SCF can be grouped into financial benefits and non-financial benefits. The Cash-to-Cash cycle (C2C)
is a metric that has been widely discussed in the literature to demonstrate the financial benefits of
SCF (Randall and Farris 2009; Hofmann and Kotzab 2010; Popa 2013; Silvestro and Lustrato 2014;
Hofmann and Zumsteg 2015). C2C is a time-based measure comprised of Days Sales Outstanding
(DSO), Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO), and Days Payables Outstanding (DPO).
C2C = DSO + DIO − DPO
The shorter the C2C, the higher the net present value of cash generated by the assets and the
overall increase in the value of the firm will be (Soenen 1993). The C2C metric is a component
for enhancing the value of shareholders. C2C optimisation can be approached from a single entity
perspective; however, in such cases, the focal firm may end up optimising at the expense of the supply
chain partners, and can be counterproductive for the supply chain and the focal firm in the long run.
As such, it is vital to view C2C from a supply chain collaborative perspective. The literature has
discussed some of the instances of how SCF can manage C2C optimally at the supply chain level,
e.g., shifting the inventory upstream to the suppliers, as the cost of the product is lower upstream in
the chain, and the ability to shift inventory further up, even for a few days, will create savings for
the entire chain. Some SC partners have strong credit and a lower weighed average cost of capital
(WACC), and can reduce the cost of capital of the whole supply chain. Being able to shift the financial
needs and burdens of the SC transactions to the partner with lowest WACC will result in an optimal
C2C for the SC. Thus, SCF can offer a win–win situation for the SC partners (Randall and Farris 2009;
Hofmann and Kotzab 2010). Not only a win–win situation in the case of a dyadic buyer–supplier
relationship, but SCF can also create a ‘triple win situation’ (TWS) when the financial service provider
(FSP) is also involved in the SCF, although there are caveats (see Hofmann and Zumsteg 2015).
The literature also revealed that the consequences of SCF might even be negative, and these may
be due to risk, uncertainty, and vulnerability.
Amongst the solutions, the most widely covered solutions were reverse factoring, accounts
receivables financing, purchase order financing, and agricultural supply chain finance. Although there
are lots of SCF solutions, and more are expected to emerge with more innovation and need to improve
the financial flow, it is possible to group them based on certain characteristics, e.g., pre-shipment,
in-transit, and post-shipment financing; traditional and innovative financing solutions; traditional and
integrated SCF practices; or buyer-led and supplier-led supply chain finance.
A lot of work in the literature has been analytical, case study, and simulation-based. We identified
several factors from the extant literature; however, more empirical studies will be needed for validation.
Although a few articles such as those of Martin (2017) and Wuttke et al. (2013b) have attempted
to explain SCF with existing organisational theories, the SCF literature needs more theoretical
underpinning, and surveys of the existing theoretical frameworks would be especially beneficial.
Innovation diffusion theory (IDT), social exchange theory, and transaction cost theories, among others,
may be especially worth considering, in order to give a framework for survey research on SCF. Out of
the identified factors, some factors may be more critical than others. It will be worth exploring the
relationship between these factors. For this, total interpretive structural modelling (TISM)—and with
a larger survey dataset, structural equation modelling (SEM)—can be used in the future research.
The same can be applied in the case of identified outcomes of SCF. Even the analytical modellings
have mostly concentrated on a single period or buyer–supplier or manufacturer–retailer dyads. Future
studies may look into a more complicated multi-time period or multi-level in the supply chain. Some
of the solutions for SCF such as dynamic discounting, manufacturer collateral, and supplier’s subsidy,
among others, are very understudied. Most of the studies on SCF have viewed SCF by focussing on
single solutions, and it may be possible, especially in empirical studies, to consider more than a single
solution. Future research may focus on studying more than a single SCF solution. It may be difficult
to take up all of the solutions of SCF, but concentrating on the particular category of SCF solutions,
such as buyer-led or supplier-led; pre-shipment or post-shipment, etc. may be more manageable for
empirical research. Currently, most of the contributions have come from China, followed by Germany,
USA, and Switzerland. However, we found a lack of contributions from regions such as Africa and
South America. More research contributions from such regions and countries with lesser contributions
will be beneficial for the overall research in supply chain finance. Tsai and Peng (2017) discussed
the Fintech revolution and the regulation involved therein by using it as a case study. They viewed
Fintech in terms of a larger focal company offering online supply chain financing to their supplier or
distributor without the intermediation of banks or financial institutions. However, Fintech companies
may not necessarily offer direct financing, but may help in facilitating the SCF by linking the parties in
the SCF. More study on the role of Fintechs on SCF and their regulations will be beneficial. All of the
studies based on secondary data have been from USA and United Kingdom (UK), and it will be worth
exploring the various aspects of SCF such as the expected benefits, risk, and cost, among others, using
secondary data from other countries, especially from emerging countries. Another exciting area would
be to link SCF with other emerging technologies such as blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT) and
big data.
The limitations of the paper are as follows. 1. The findings of this article are based on a review
of 70 papers. We used a search string- “Supply Chain Finance” OR “Supply Chain Financing” OR
“Financial Supply Chain” OR “Financial Value Chain”—to identify articles, and this may have caused
the exclusion of some of the relevant papers. 2. While performing a qualitative analysis of the
documents on the focussed themes, personal biases might have occurred. 3. We also did not include
‘grey papers’, and this may provide material for further insights into SCF.
Author Contributions: Z.R.M. conceptualised the idea which eventually led to the formulation of research
questions, reviewed and tabulated the literature on Supply Chain Finance. He also performed both quantitative
and qualitative analysis and worked on the discussions of the results besides offering theoretical and managerial
implications of the paper. D.P. offered a valuable contribution in terms of developing the process and framework
for literature review, quantitatively analysing the results of the reviewed articles besides editing and refining the
drafts of the manuscript.
Funding: This research received no external funding.
Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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3. Formulation of Research Questions

4. Locating the Research Articles

a. Factors influencing supply chain finance

Figure 2. Procedure for locating, screening, and selecting documents.

5. Classification of the Articles

5. Classification of the Articles

Table 1. Categorisation of the articles.

6. Synthesis of Structure Literature Review

7. Results and Findings

7.3. Source of Publication and Top Cited Papers

7.3. Source of Publication and Top Cited Papers

Table 2. Distribution of reviewed articles by sources of publication.

Name of the Journal No. of Articles

Name of the Journal No. of Articles

Table 3. Top 10 cited papers from Scopus and Web of Science.

Scopus Web of Science

7.5. Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Supply Chain Finance

Table 4. Categorisation of factors.

7.6. The Outcome of Supply Chain Financing

7.7. Supply Chain Finance Solutions

Table 5. Some of the widely discussed solutions in the literature.

8. Contribution to the Existing Literature

10. Conclusions, Future Directions, and Limitations

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