Applications of Blockchain Technology in Business
Challenges and Opportunities
1st Edition
Published on 25. September 2019
XIII, 112 pages
978-3-030-27798-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XIII, 112 p. 24 illus. in color.
File size
3,28 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-030-27798-7 (9783030277987)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-27798-7
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Mohsen Attaran | Angappa Gunasekaran
Applications of Blockchain Technology in Business
Challenges and Opportunities
Book
10/2019
Springer
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Persons
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.
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.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Evolution of Blockchain.- Chapter 3. Blockchain Principles, Qualities, and Business Applications.- Chapter 4. Financial Services: The Largest Blockchain Market.- Chapter 5. Manufacturing and Industrial.- Chapter 6. Government and Public Sector.- Chapter 7. Healthcare and Life Sciences.- Chapter 8. Consumer Goods and Retail Industry.- Chapter 9. Food Industry.- Chapter 10. Blockchain and Cybersecurity.- Chapter 11. Data Management.- Chapter 12. Blockchain for Gaming.- Chapter 13. New Business Applications for the Blockchain.- Chapter 14. Implementing Blockcchain in Your Enterprise.- Chapter 15. Summary and Conclusions.
