Can blockchain technology solve trust issues in industrial networks?
2018 (English)In: CEUR Workshop Proceedings / [ed] Stirna J., Zdravkovic J., Nurcan S., and Grabis J., CEUR-WS , 2018, Vol. 2218, p. 399-404Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Since its inception about a decade ago, practitioners and researchers alike have been drawn to the blockchain technology vibe. Advocates of blockchain argue that the technology is taking us to truly 'trust-free' transactions. A long list of applications of blockchain has also been proposed in a relatively short period of time. However, a closer look into the literature reveals two shortcomings. To start with, the substantial proportion of the research on blockchain has focused on addressing the technical aspects of blockchain-design and features- as well as legal issues. However, there is a lack of knowledge on how blockchain technology can be used to solve practical problems faced by organizations in different sectors and industries-measurement and value, trust, management and organization. The state-of-the-art also shows that there is a dominance of conceptual and design-oriented research paradigms. To address this gap and respond to the calls for further research, this paper presents a research plan for a longitudinal case study to investigate whether blockchain technology can affect the way organizations conduct their business relationships.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
CEUR-WS , 2018. Vol. 2218, p. 399-404
Series
CEUR Workshop Proceedings, ISSN 1613-0073
Keywords [en]
Blockchain, Digitalization, Industrial Marketing, Manufacturing Industry, Trust
National Category
Economics and Business Other Engineering and Technologies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-28646Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85054309130OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-28646DiVA, id: diva2:1265756
Conference
2018 Joint of the 17th Business Informatics Research Short Papers, Workshops and Doctoral Consortium, BIR-WS 2018, 24-26 September 2018, Stockholm, Sweden
2018-11-262018-11-262025-12-11Bibliographically approved