Business Transformation through Blockchain, 1st ed. 2019
Volume II

Language: English

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362 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Hardback
The second volume of this edited collection offers a number of contributions from leading scholars investigating Blockchain and its implications for business. Focusing on the transformation of the overall value chain, the sections cover the foundations of Blockchain and its sustainability, social and legal applications. It features a variety of use cases, from tourism to healthcare. Using a number of theoretical and methodological approaches, this innovative publication aims to further the cause of this ground-breaking technology and its use within information technology, supply chain and wider business management research. 

Blockchain and Tourism.- Energy Sector.- Blockchain and Internet of Things.- Distributed Ledger Enabled IoT Platforms.- Blockchain and Healthcare.- Sustainable Circular Economy.- Cryptocurrencies and Sustainability.- Societal Changes.- E-Government.- Blockchain and Unbanked.- Smart Contracts.- Intellectual Property.- Blockchain: Basics.

Horst Treiblmaier is Professor at the Faculty of International Management at MODUL University Vienna, Austria. Previously, he was a Visiting Professor at Purdue University, UCLA and UBC. His work has appeared in journals such as Information Systems Journal, Structural Equation Modeling, Journal of Business Economics, Information & Management, Communications of the AIS, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research and Schmalenbach Business Review. He serves as an AE at AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction. His research interests include Blockchain, gamification, Physical Internet, e-commerce and methodological issues in social science research.

Roman Beck is Professor of IT Management and Leadership at the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His research spans the area of Information Systems, focusing on Services Science, IT Leadership and e-finance, including business processes, innovative information and communication systems. He has published in international journals such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of Information Technology and Electronic Markets, and contributed to a number of international conferences in the area of Information Systems.
Marks the first definitive collection on the business implications of Blockchain Features a selection of blockchain use cases in the tourism, energy and healthcare sectors, and the Internet of Things Examines the potential of blockchain and cyrptocurrencies from a sustainability perspective Discusses the societal and governmental implications of blockchain on business