Business Transformation through Blockchain

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Foundations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Blockchain Economic Networks: Economic Network Theory—Systemic Risk and Blockchain Technology

      • Melanie Swan

      Pages 3-45

   3. Blockchain Adoption: Technological, Organisational and Environmental Considerations

      • Trevor Clohessy, Thomas Acton, Nichola Rogers

      Pages 47-76

   4. Blockchain-Based Decentralized Business Models in the Sharing Economy: A Technology Adoption Perspective

      • Andranik Tumasjan, Theodor Beutel

      Pages 77-120

   5. Blockchain as a Platform

      • Florian Glaser, Florian Hawlitschek, Benedikt Notheisen

      Pages 121-143

   6. Blockchain Technology: The Autonomy and Self-Organisation of Cyber-Physical Systems

      • Ben van Lier

      Pages 145-167

3. Finance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169

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   2. Bitcoin and Investment Portfolios

      • Karl Weinmayer, Stephan Gasser, Alexander Eisl

      Pages 171-195

   3. Blockchain in the Payments Industry: Developing a Discussion Agenda Based on Pain Points and Opportunities

      • Friedrich Holotiuk, Jürgen Moormann, Francesco Pisani

      Pages 197-231

   4. Blockchain and Initial Coin Offerings: Blockchain’s Implications for Crowdfunding

      • Laurin Arnold, Martin Brennecke, Patrick Camus, Gilbert Fridgen, Tobias Guggenberger, Sven Radszuwill et al.

      Pages 233-272

   5. Insurance Under the Blockchain Paradigm

      • Paolo Tasca

      Pages 273-285

4. Back Matter

   Pages 287-290

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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, its drivers and barriers, business modelling and a range of examples from industry. 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
• internet of things
• value chain
• transformation
• sharing economy
• sustainability
• crowdfunding
• business models
• portfolio
• overcrowding
• insurance

• Department of International Management, MODUL University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  Horst Treiblmaier

• Head of European Blockchain Center, IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

  Roman Beck

Horst Treiblmaier is Professor and Head of the Department 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, Schmalenbach Business Review and DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems. 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 Professorof 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. 

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