Applications of Blockchain Technology in Business
Challenges and Opportunities
Authors: Attaran, Mohsen, Gunasekaran, Angappa
Free Preview- Covers a step-by-step approach to plan and develop blockchain-based technology in any organization
- Discusses potential applications of this technology
- Provides information for technology educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, and practitioners to advance the understanding of blockchain and its impact in the economy
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The book discusses the various ways that blockchain technology is changing the future of money, transactions, government, and business. The first two chapters walk through the foundation of blockchain. Chapters 3–12 look at applications of blockchain in different industries and highlight its exciting new business applications. It show why so many companies are implementing blockchain, and present examples of companies who have successfully employed the technology to improve efficiencies and reduce costs. Chapter 13 highlights blockchain’s powerful potential to foster emerging markets and economies including smart cities, value-based healthcare, decentralized sharing economy, machine to machine transactions, data-sharing marketplace, etc. Chapter 14 offers a conceptual model, provides information and insights, and covers a step-by-step approach to plan and develop blockchain-based technology.
- About the authors
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Mohsen Attaran is the 2004–2005 Millie Ablin Outstanding Professor of Management at the California State University, Bakersfield. He is Founder and President of IES, Inc., a web and mobile app development company and has founded, launched, and managed several businesses in his career in a variety of technological fields.
Angappa Gunasekaran is Dean and a professor at the School of Business and Public Administration, California State University, Bakersfield. He has organized several international workshops and conferences in the emerging areas of operations management and information systems.
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-5
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The Evolution of Blockchain
Pages 7-12
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Blockchain Principles, Qualities, and Business Applications
Pages 13-20
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Financial Services: The Largest Blockchain Market
Pages 21-26
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Manufacturing and Industrial
Pages 27-45
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Applications of Blockchain Technology in Business
- Book Subtitle
- Challenges and Opportunities
- Authors
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- Mohsen Attaran
- Angappa Gunasekaran
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Operations Management
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-27798-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-27798-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-27797-0
- Series ISSN
- 2365-8320
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 112
- Number of Illustrations
- 24 illustrations in colour
- Topics
