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Blockchain Technology Applications in Businesses and Organizations
Author(s): Pietro De Giovanni
- Publisher: Business Science Reference
- Publication Date: 17 Dec. 2021
- Language: English
- Print length: 315 pages
- ISBN-10: 179988015X
- ISBN-13: 9781799880158
Book Description
Blockchain technology has the ability to disrupt industries and transform business models since all intermediaries and stakeholders can now interact with little friction and at a fraction of the current transaction costs. Using blockchain technology, firms can undergo new applications and processes by pursuing transparency and control, low bureaucracy, trustless relationships, high standards of responsibility, and sustainability. As a result, business and organizations can successfully implement blockchain to grant transparency to consumers and end-users; remove challenges linked to pollution, frauds, human rights, abuse, and other inefficiencies; as well as guaranteed traceability of goods and services by univocally identifying the provenance inputs’ quantity and quality along with their treatment and origin.
Blockchain Technology Applications in Businesses and Organizations reveals the true advantages that blockchain entails for firms by creating transparent and digital transactions, resolves conflicts and exceptions, and provides incentive-based mechanisms and smart contracts. This book seeks to create a clear understanding of blockchain’s applications such that business leaders can see and evaluate its real advantages. Blockchain is then analyzed not from the typical perspective of financial tools using cryptocurrencies and bitcoins but from the perspective of the business advantages for business and organizations. Specifically, the book highlights the advantages of blockchain across different segments and industries by analyzing specific aspects like procurement, manufacturing, contracts, inventory, logistics, operations, sustainability, technology, and innovation. It is an essential reference source for managers, executives, IT specialists, students, operations managers, supply chain managers, project managers, technology managers, academicians, and researchers.
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About the Author
Pietro De Giovanni is Full Professor of Circular Economy, Operations and Supply Chain at the Department of Business and Management at Luiss University. He holds a PhD from ESSEC Business School, and was visiting PhD candidate at GERAD, HEC Montréal. Before joining Luiss, he has held positions at ESSEC Business School, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and NOVA School of Business and Economics. His research interests are supply chain, operations management, sustainability, and digital transformation. He is Associate Editor of International Transactions of Operations Research. He has published in Journal of Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Research. Part D Transport and Environment, Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Business Research, 4OR, Omega, Research Policy. He has recently published the book entitled “How Digital Transformation impacts Supply Chain Quality Management” edited by Springer.
