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==Special Issue Call for Papers (CFP): Information and Management
(I&M)==
Blockchain Innovations: Business Opportunities and Management
Challenges
Links:
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-and-management/call-for-papers
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-and-management/call-for-papers/call-for-papers-blockchain-innovations
==Guest Editors==
Prof. Shun Cai – Department of Management Science, Xiamen
University, China– [
caishun@xmu.edu.cn]
Dr. Jie (Joseph) Yu – Nottingham University Business School China,
University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China –
[
jie.yu@nottingham.edu.cn]
Dr. Eric Lim – School of Information Systems and Technology
Management, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia -
[
e.t.lim@unsw.edu.au]
Prof. Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen – Department of Information and
Service Management, Aalto University School of Business, Finland -
[
virpi.tuunainen@aalto.fi]
==Important Dates==
- Submission opens: 20 May 2020
- Submission deadline: 20 July 2020
- First round review decision to authors: 20 October 2020
- Revised manuscript due: 20 Jan 2021
- Second round review decision to authors: 20 April 2021
- Final revised manuscript due: 20 May 2021
- Final author notification of acceptance: 20 June 2021
==Introduction==
Blockchain was originally conceptualized by Satoshi Nakamoto in
2008 as the core component to support transactions of
cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. Blockchain was meant to serve
as an open ledger for all transactions within a network of users
to resolve the double-spend problem by combining peer-to-peer
technology with public-key cryptography [1-2]. Literally, a
Blockchain, as the name suggests, consists of a chain of blocks of
information related to e.g. Bitcoin transactions. How these blocks
of information could be added to a Blockchain is governed by a
stringent set of protocols that dictates how the validity of each
block is verified and stored to ensure that the blocks of
information cannot be altered or erased without raising any alarms
within the network. The program algorithms and the computational
infrastructure of creating, inserting, and using the blocks are
considered as the Blockchain technology [2].
It has been widely postulated that Blockchain as a technology has
the potential to change the way transactions are conducted in
business and even in people’s everyday life and redefine how
organizations and societies operate. The application of Blockchain
technology is not limited to keeping transaction records of
cryptocurrencies, but is increasingly being applied to various
environments where protecting and managing digital assets and
keeping records of them in immutable forms [2-3] is important.
While the Blockchain technology has generated enormous impacts in
many aspects of business and our lives, research on the Blockchain
technology in the Information Systems discipline is still sparse.
In particular, little is known about the technical and
organizational factors influencing the technical applications and
management decisions in adopting this technology and in how this
technology could be utilized in addressing different current and
emerging issues. Although we share the enthusiasm for its
potential to impact how societies function, we are at the same
time, wary of the hype that often comes with new technologies. A
look back at earlier research on technological innovations
indicates that if there were to be a “Blockchain revolution”,
there is still a need to overcome many barriers that could be
technological, governmental, organizational, and societal in
nature.
The goal of this special issue in Information and Management is to
foster investigations in Blockchain innovations and to provide an
opportunity to assess if and how our earlier knowledge on managing
other types of information systems can provide the basis for
understanding novel technological, organizational and societal
settings involving Blockchain technology. This special issue is
focused on contributions that draw upon and contribute to the
stock of knowledge within the IS discipline, and incorporate
management-oriented approaches into the Blockchain research.
The special issue welcomes contributions in the following
technological and management themes, but is not limited to them:
• Changes to business systems, models, applications, and value
creation processes enabled or induced by Blockchain. • Evaluation
and governance of Blockchain for compliances.
• Blockchain and its implications for managing policy,
legislation, ethical, moral, and societal norms.
• Transparency, anonymity, information and privacy control, and
fairness in next-generation Blockchain
• Societal issues related to the use of Blockchain
• Financial systems and Blockchain
• Supply chains and Blockchain
• Blockchain based knowledge and innovation management
References:
[1] Swan M. Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy. O’Reilly
Media, Inc., 2015.
[2] Zhao, J. L., Fan, S. & Yan, J. Overview of business
innovations and research opportunities in blockchain and
introduction to the special issue, Financial Innovation, 2016,
2:28, 2-7.
[3] Iansiti, M. & Lakhani, K. R. The Truth About Blockchain,
Harvard Business Review, 2017 January-Febuary, 1-11
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Dr. Eric T.K. Lim 林芷光
Senior Lecturer
School of Information Systems and Technology Management
Partner - Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CRC)
Honorary Associate Professor in Information Systems - The
University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC)
E:
e.t.lim@unsw.edu.au
W:
www.unsw.edu.au <http://www.unsw.edu.au/>
Web UNSW:
https://www.business.unsw.edu.au/our-people/eric-t-k-lim
Web UNSW Research:
https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-eric-tze-kuan-lim
Web UNNC:
https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/business/people/academic/erictzekuanlim.aspx
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/limerictk
LinkedIn:
https://au.linkedin.com/in/erictklim
Research Interests:
FinTech, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Cashless Society, Digital
Innovations,
Sharing Economy, Big Data, Internet of Things
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