-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP Special Issue on Blockchain Technology and Applications for Information Systems and e-Business Management (ISeBM) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 10:05:00 +0800 From: Hu Daning hdaning@gmail.com To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

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). _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org