Blockchains : strategic implications for contracting, trust, and organizational design / Wenqian Wang, Purdue University ; Fabrice Lumineau, The University of Hong Kong ; Oliver Schilke, The University of Arizona.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [59]-75).
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Blockchain fundamentals and features -- 3. Extant knowledge from management research -- 4. Blockchains as a new way of organizing -- 5. Critiques and pitfalls -- 6. Conclusions and implications -- References.
Summary:
"Blockchains have become increasingly important for organizing contemporary economic and social activities. This Element offers a deeper understanding of blockchains to both management scholars and practitioners, with an emphasis on blockchains' strategic implications for fundamental issues in organizing. It provides a critical examination of the core themes, theoretical lenses, and methodologies used in blockchain research in business and management scholarship. Furthermore, it offers an in-depth discussion of why and how blockchains offer a new way of organizing, providing profound implications for three major issues of strategic organization-contracting, trust, and organizational design. It also discusses several limitations of the technology in its current stage of development. In conclusion, this Element provides directions for both scholars and practitioners to further the understanding of the implications of blockchains"-- Provided by publisher.
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