Business Transformation through Blockchain

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Selected Use Cases

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Impact of Blockchain on the Tourism Industry: A Theory-Based Research Framework

      • Horst Treiblmaier, Irem Önder

      Pages 3-21

   3. Blockchain in the Energy Sector

      • Jens Strüker, Simon Albrecht, Stefan Reichert

      Pages 23-51

   4. Blockchain and the Internet of Things: A Software Architecture Perspective

      • Chun-Feng Liao, Chien-Che Hung, Kung Chen

      Pages 53-75

   5. Distributed Ledger Enabled Internet of Things Platforms: Symbiosis Evaluation

      • Daniel Burkhardt, Patrick Frey, Simon Hiller, Alexander Neff, Heiner Lasi

      Pages 77-118

   6. Blockchain-Based Decentralized Accountability and Self-Sovereignty in Healthcare Systems

      • Sachin Shetty, Xueping Liang, Daniel Bowden, Juan Zhao, Lingchen Zhang

      Pages 119-149

3. Sustainability

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. Toward a Sustainable Circular Economy Powered by Community-Based Incentive Systems

      • Marcus M. Dapp

      Pages 153-181

   3. Can Cryptocurrencies Help to Pave the Way to a More Sustainable Economy? Questioning the Economic Growth Paradigm

      • David Leonard, Horst Treiblmaier

      Pages 183-205

4. Society

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. At Your Service: How Can Blockchain Be Used to Address Societal Challenges?

      • Niels Faber, Jan Jonker

      Pages 209-231

   3. Blockchain, Digital Identity, E-government

      • Clare Sullivan, Eric Burger

      Pages 233-258

   4. Blockchain Entrepreneurship and the Struggle for Trust Among the Unbanked

      • Guillermo Jesús Larios-Hernández, Almendra Ortiz-de-Zarate-Béjar

      Pages 259-283

5. Legal Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285

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   2. Blockchains and Smart Contracts: A Threat for the Legal Industry?

      • Bernhard Waltl, Christian Sillaber, Ulrich Gallersdörfer, Florian Matthes

      Pages 287-315

   3. A Critical Examination of the Application of Blockchain Technology to Intellectual Property Management

      • Kensuke Ito, Marcus O’Dair

      Pages 317-335

6. Appendix

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 337-337

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   2. Blockchain: Basics

      • Aljosha Judmayer, Nicholas Stifter, Philipp Schindler, Edgar Weippl

      Pages 339-355

7. Back Matter

   Pages 357-362

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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
• internet of things
• value chain
• transformation
• sharing economy
• sustainability
• crowdfunding
• business models
• cryptocurrency
• circular economy
• smart contracts
• e-government

• 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 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.

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