Title	Business Transformation through Blockchain [electronic resource] : Volume I / edited by Horst Treiblmaier, Roman Beck
Imprint	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019
Connect to	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98911-2
Descript	XVI, 290 p. 28 illus. online resource

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 Economic Networks: Economic Network Theory – Systemic Risk and Blockchain Technology -- Blockchain Adoption: Technological, Organisational, and Environmental Considerations -- Blockchain-Based Decentralized Business Models in the Sharing Economy: A Technology Adoption Perspective -- Blockchain as a Platform -- Blockchain Technology: The Autonomy and Self-Organisation of Cyber-Physical Systems -- Bitcoin and Investment Portfolios -- Blockchain in the Payment Industry: Developing a Discussion Agenda Based on Pain Points and Opportunities -- Blockchain Initial Coin Offerings: Blockchain’s Implications for Crowdfunding -- Insurance under the Blockchain Paradigm