Application of Blockchain Technology in Value Chains

Status: current

Project begin: 28.10.2019

Description

The implementation of Blockchain Technology (BCT) can offer improvements, as e.g. increasing process efficiency, but not all use cases in their entirety should be implemented based on BCT, as it causes high overhead and thereby costs when used as a storage medium. A general guideline to assess whether or when to use BCT is still missing.

We address this problem by looking at the technology fit from the perspective of the value chain rather than focusing on sub-processes or the process sequence. Our overall research aim is to assess patterns in value chains that indicate a beneficial usage of BCT, and outline how and why value activities can be supported.

We will contribute to this goal using a Design Science methodology, which is one of the most important frameworks in Information Systems, by proposing and evaluating method artefacts in numerous design cycles.

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