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Call for Papers: Special Issue of Information Systems and
e-Business
Management (ISeBM) on Blockchain Technology and Applications
Editors-in-Chief: J. Becker; M.J. Shaw
Guest Editors:
Hsing Kenneth Cheng, University of Florida
Daning Hu, Southern University of Science and Technology
Thomas Puschmann, University of Zurich
J. Leon Zhao, City University of Hong Kong
The notion of blockchain technology and its application in
cryptocurrency
has attracted huge attention due to the recent Bitcoin hype. The
Economist
article of October 31, 2015 called blockchain as the trust machine
that
will change how businesses will run and how transactions will be
conducted.
No other single technology has been so hyped in recent years, even
the
Internet or the Web. The year of 2017 has witnessed a tidal wave
in
business investments and government initiatives. Blockchain
technology is a
new type of distributed database technology that has the potential
to
revolutionize how transaction information is stored and managed in
networked markets and institutions.
One of the most promising blockchain applications is smart
contract that
uses blockchain to record and enforce the rules digitally encoded
in
contracts. It can automatically trigger the execution of such
rules if
certain conditions are met and they are detected by the
blockchain. This
approach can ensure the credibility of the contracts without
involving
third parties or intermediaries and thus can largely reduce the
transaction
costs.
Due to its capability in keeping decentralized records and
providing
automated mechanisms to enforce contracts, blockchain has great
potential
in various business applications, such as digital currencies,
recording
public information such as birth certificates or legal documents.
It not
only can change the technologies that support the secure and
efficient
storage and processing of information, but may also transform the
business
principles and processes embedded in traditional centralized
organizations
and societies. It is expected that blockchain and smart contract
will
automate much of the clerical work in all types of organizations,
thus
causing another wave of business redesign and reengineering.
There is no doubt that opportunities abound for scholars to
systematically
study blockchain technology, particularly from the Information
Systems (IS)
perspective. In this special issue on blockchain technology and
applications
, we call for studies that adopt all IS research methods, such as
design
science, behavioral science, and IS economics. Relevant topics for
this
special issue may include (but not limited to):
• Blockchain technologies and applications
• Blockchain based business innovation
• Blockchain driven digital currencies
• Blockchain and smart contracts
• Blockchain induced redesign of business processes, models and
organizations.
• Blockchain and its impacts in public sectors
• Blockchain centric ecosystems and communities
• Business value of blockchain
• Acceptance of blockchain technologies in business organizations
and among
individual users
• Privacy and security issues related to blockchain
Editorial Board:
Niklas Arvidsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Fergal Carton, University College Cork
Shaokun Fan, Oregon State University
Tim Alexander Herberger, Bamberg University
Lars Hornuf, University of Bremen
Siyuan Liu, Pennsylvania State University
Yipeng Liu, Northern Illinois University
Xiaowei Mei, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mahdi Moqri, Iowa State University
Zhe Shan, Miami University
Jun Shen, University of Wollongong
Lijian Wei, Sun Yat-Sen university
Jiaqi Yan, Nanjing University
Important Dates:
March 30, 2019 Deadline for submission
July 30, 2018 First round of reviews completed
Oct 30, 2019 Deadline for revised papers
Jan 30, 2020 Second round reviews completed
Feb 15, 2020 Final editorial decisions on papers acceptance for
the special issue
All papers will be peer reviewed and must follow the standard
guidelines for manuscript preparation and submission posted on the
ISeB
website (
https://link.springer.com/journal/10257). Please submit
to the
special issue track: Blockchain Technology and Applications in the
submission system.
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