Collection
Special Issue on "Potential and limits of blockchain technology for networked businesses"
- Submission status
- Closed
This collection explores descriptive, explanatory and design research questions on Blockchain technology.
New ways to organize economic activities are emerging, facilitated by Blockchain technology or the broader term Distributed Ledger Technology. Blockchains consist of dynamic shared ledgers that can be applied to ensure transparency and traceability and to save time when recording transactions between parties, remove costs associated with intermediaries (or, according to Nakamoto (2008), remove the need for intermediaries altogether), while enabling the introduction of pseudonymous parties on the Internet. First, and probably the most known application of blockchain technology, is cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin. It has taken businesses and industries some time to recognize that the underlying technology of Bitcoin could be the next wave for disruption of their existing business models. All too often, the focus of the media coverage is on the connection of cyber-currencies to criminal activities or on the highly speculative nature of their exchange rates and issues with coin exchanges.
With the 10 included articles this collection qualifies this disruptive potential, as witrecognizes that Blockchain technology has much broader and deeper applications than “just” currencies. It takes a broad and neutral view on the technology and considers it a facilitator for new coordination mechanisms for networked businesses.
Editors
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Roger W.H. Bons
FOM University of Applied Sciences, Germany
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Larry W. Shi
University of Houston, USA
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Johan Versendaal
Open University, the Netherlands
Articles (9 in this collection)
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Understanding token-based ecosystems – a taxonomy of blockchain-based business models of start-ups
Authors
- Stefan Tönnissen
- Jan Heinrich Beinke
- Frank Teuteberg
- Content type: Research Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 28 January 2020
- Pages: 307 - 323
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Understanding the creation of trust in cryptocurrencies: the case of Bitcoin
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Venkata Marella
- Bikesh Upreti
- Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen
- Content type: Research Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 09 January 2020
- Pages: 259 - 271
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The impact of blockchain technology on business models – a taxonomy and archetypal patterns
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Jörg Weking
- Michael Mandalenakis
- Helmut Krcmar
- Content type: Research Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 23 December 2019
- Pages: 285 - 305
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Blockchain in the IS research discipline: a discussion of terminology and concepts
Authors
- Nadine Kathrin Ostern
- Content type: Research Paper
- Published: 20 December 2019
- Pages: 195 - 210
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The behavior of blockchain ventures on Twitter as a determinant for funding success
Authors
- Simon Albrecht
- Bernhard Lutz
- Dirk Neumann
- Content type: Research Paper
- Published: 17 December 2019
- Pages: 241 - 257
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Buyers of ‘lemons’: How can a blockchain platform address buyers’ needs in the market for ‘lemons’?
Authors
- Liudmila Zavolokina
- Gianluca Miscione
- Gerhard Schwabe
- Content type: Research Paper
- Published: 05 December 2019
- Pages: 227 - 239
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Is there a market for trusted car data?
Authors
- Ingrid Bauer
- Liudmila Zavolokina
- Gerhard Schwabe
- Content type: Research Paper
- Published: 13 September 2019
- Pages: 211 - 225
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Toward a renaissance of cooperatives fostered by Blockchain on electronic marketplaces: a theory-driven case study approach
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Tobias Kollmann
- Simon Hensellek
- André Sirges
- Content type: Research Paper
- Published: 13 September 2019
- Pages: 273 - 284