scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Blockchain Technology and Its Applications

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharati H Naikwadi ◽  
K.G. Kharade ◽  
S. Yuvaraj ◽  
K. Vengatesan
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Large Majority ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
To Come

Blockchain technology could radically transform our business environment in the decades to come. It has the power to redefine our views of business processes and may even impact our overall economy. The works comprehensively document the implementation of blockchain applications in various sectors. Our goal is to determine what state blockchain technology is in and what kinds of applications it has. A large majority of the current blockchain-related research is dedicated to crypto currencies, such as Bitcoin. Only a small percentage of work is dedicated to exploring the wide range of potential blockchain technology applications. Blockchain technology has multiple applications across multiple industries. This study attempts to determine the opportunities and threats presented by Blockchain Technology for current or future applications. The number of published studies that were studied carefully and critically and added to the Block chain’s body of knowledge was large.

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE WASTE IN ORGANIZATIONS: A REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helio Aisenberg Ferenhof ◽  
Susanne Durst ◽  
Paulo Mauricio Selig
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Competitive Pressure ◽  
Knowledge Conversion ◽  
Intensive Research ◽  
Body Of Knowledge

In this paper, we are interested in the knowledge that is “wasted” in organizations, that is existing relevant knowledge that is overlooked in the process of knowledge conversion. Given the competitive pressure firms are facing in today´s business environment, a waste of knowledge is not only costly but also dangerous. This means that we consider knowledge from a knowledge at risk perspective. Having this in mind, the purpose of this paper is to review research on knowledge waste in organizations to establish our current body of knowledge regarding this topic. The study consists of a systematic review of 51 peer-reviewed articles addressing knowledge waste in organizations. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no systematic literature review on this topic has previously been published or presented. The topic seems to be a promising field for intensive research and offers a variety of future research avenues. In view of practitioners, the study´s finding may enable an increased awareness towards the areas where existing knowledge is at the mercy of “waste”. This can assist practitioners to better cope with risks related to this waste and, therefore, better exploit the (limited) knowledge base available.

Blockchain Technology Applications in Government

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-63
Author(s):  
Adnan Ozsoy ◽  
Bahar Gezici ◽  
Necva Bölücü ◽  
Nurettin Bölücü
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Review ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Secure Storage ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
Legal Document ◽  
Technical Details ◽  
The Government ◽  
Back Office

Blockchain in government services has a wide range of application areas for various departments from legal document storage and management to healthcare benefits. Decentralized nature opens opportunities for a government that can achieve operations 24/7 and cut back office operations. A Blockchain system for government offers a potential solution to legacy pain points and establishes a secure storage for citizens and businesses. It also reduces intensive paper processes, excessive managing costs, and potential corruption and abuse. Instead, it greatly increases security of digital services and more importantly trust in the government. This chapter provides a detailed review of Blockchain solutions for three major government services: land registry, GDPR, and healthcare. For each service, a state-of-the-art is given, followed with the technical details of use cases and potential improvements for current problems.

Blockchain Technology for the Internet of Things Applications in Apparel Supply Chain Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 152-185
Author(s):  
Kamalendu Pal
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Adoption of the internet of things (IoT) and blockchain technology opens new opportunities of business process automation in apparel supply chain management. The IoT technology helps to capture real-time information from different aspects of garment manufacturing activities by using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and sensors. Blockchain technology is an emerging concept of computing that enable the decentralized and immutable storage of business transactions. In combination with IoT, blockchain technology can enable a broad range of application scenarios to enhance business value and trust. This chapter presents some of the blockchain-based IoT technology applications in apparel business processes. Moreover, the chapter provides a classification of threat models, which are considered by blockchain protocols in IoT networks. Finally, the chapter provides a taxonomy and a side-by-side comparison of the state-of-the-art methods towards secure and privacy-preserving blockchain technologies concerning the blockchain model, specific security goals, performance, and limitations.

scholarly journals E-VOTING SYSTEMS USING BLOCKCHAIN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTION

2021 ◽  
pp. 413-423
Author(s):  
Dhiraj Amrutkar ◽  
Gaurav Dongare ◽  
Sayog Sonune ◽  
Archana Y. Chaudhari
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Information Storage ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Voting Systems ◽  
Storage Mechanism ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Secure Information ◽  
Wide Range

One of the most important discoveries and creative developments that is playing a vital role in the professional world today is blockchain technology. A blockchain is a distributed, digitized and consensus-based secure information storage mechanism. Blockchain technology moves in the direction of persistent revolution and change. In the last couple of years, the upsurge in blockchain technology has obliged scholars and specialists to scrutinize new ways to apply blockchain technology with a wide range of domains. The dramatic increase in blockchain technology has provided many new application opportunities, including e-voting application. The present article provides a systematic review of emerging blockchain-based e-voting systems. In this paper, we call attention to the open research matters in this fast-growing field, explaining them in some details. It was concluded that frameworks needed enhancements in order to be used in voting systems due to these reservations. KEYWORDS: blockchain, e-voting, cloud computing, ethereum; ballot

scholarly journals A Future Trend in Sensing Enterprise Systems

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Zamiri ◽  
Andreia Artifice ◽  
Elsa Marcelino-Jesus ◽  
Joao Sarraipa ◽  
Ricardo Jardim-Goncalves
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Enterprise Systems ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Future Trend ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Intelligent Knowledge Management ◽  
Access To Data

The widespread use of sensorial technologies has created new opportunities for enterprises, as these new sources of data assist in increasing the context-awareness in which enterprises operate and enable them to better anticipate and adapt to changes in the business environment. This leads to better decision-making and greater profitability, as well as to reduced operating risks. However, if enterprises are to get any benefit from these new data sources, there is a need for tools, which will enable them to deal with the complexity of the multitude of data sources, both from physical and virtual objects, as well as a means to extract relevant and correct information and knowledge from it. Having access to data is not enough. The real value to enterprises comes from being able to process it, interpret it and being able to make accurate forecasts upon which they can base their business decisions. This paper presents the blockchain technology which is intended to support the development of sensing enterprise systems for intelligent knowledge management. Since the creation of the internet, blockchain is the most important technology created that is in constant development and has still much more to develop. In a simple way, blockchain is a computational technology for register of operations, decentralized, free-access, transparent, global, continuous. It is a public database that is accessible for everyone and is much more secure and reliable than other forms currently known to perform similar operations. Thus, it is intended to demonstrate the importance of this recent technology in business processes and the future trends of its use in sensing enterprise business processes. The proposed framework intends to demonstrate and serve as the foundation for new business models supported by the new capabilities provided by sensorial technologies in the support of enterprise applications.

scholarly journals A Formalized Assessment of the Scenario Development of the National Economy in the Context of the Penetration of Blockchain Technologies Into the Financial Sector of Transactions

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Marat Rashitovich Safiullin ◽  
Leonid Alekseevich Elshin ◽  
Alia Aidarovna Abdukaeva ◽  
Maxim Vladimirovich Savushkin
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Scenario Development ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
The Face ◽  
To Come ◽  
Economic Growth Rates

In the coming years, blockchain technologies may become one of the breakthrough innovations in the financial sector of the economy, optimizing and simplifying transaction operations in a number of areas, and reducing their cost. In this regard, representatives of the financial industry should understand the possible consequences caused by the integration of the technologies under consideration in business processes. It is important to understand that the blockchain technologies have a very significant potential for transforming the established algorithms for the interaction of financial market participants, and be aware where are the boundaries of these changes, what new opportunities are presented by blockchain technologies and. Furthermore, finally, what are the expected consequences for the development of the financial sector itself and the other sectors of the national economic system associated with it. It should be noted that studies on blockchain technologies are very fragmented and, as a rule, have an insufficient level of both theoretical and empirical study. It seems relevant at the present stage of the development of economic science to conduct a systematic study aimed at finding and substantiating the areas of economic activity that are most susceptible to penetration of blockchain technologies. This involves a further justification of the possible consequences and using methods that are not so much qualitative but of quantitative analysis. In this regard, the process of resolving the issues posed in order to minimize risks for financial and other organizations in the face of the opportunities and threats to come under the pressure of the integration of blockchain platforms into the business environment becomes a vital and urgent task. This research is devoted to the solution of the questions posed. Without claiming to be complete and perfect concerning the proposed mechanisms to solve the tasks, the work, in fact, is an invitation to the scientific community to develop further a methodology for studying the influence of blockchain technologies on the dynamics and parameters of the formation of economic growth rates.

scholarly journals On the Relationship between Economic Integration, Business Environment and Real Convergence: The Experience of the CEE Countries

Economies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Głodowska ◽  
Bożena Pera
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Coefficient Of Divergence ◽  
The Impact

The aim of the article is to verify the convergence process of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) (CEE10) countries towards Western European countries (EU15) in years 1995–2016. Additionally, the paper aims to show the interaction between economic integration and convergence as well as business environment and growth. The study methods applied in in the article are analysis of the literature and wide range of quantitative methods (descriptive statistics. regression models (OLS and panel), the elements of taxonomic analysis (cluster analysis and Clark’s coefficient of divergence). In the study years, CEE10 and EU15 countries were developing in accordance with the convergence hypothesis. The impact of economic integration on convergence was confirmed as well as the dependence of growth from the business environment in EU10. The added value of the study is the combination of three important research problems: convergence, economic integration and business environment. In addition, the research area concerns the CEE countries, which is very desirable. Many prior studies suggested to elaborate development and business processes in emerging countries like CEE. Thus, the article tries to fulfill this research needs. It has not only cognitive but also utilitarian values. The research results can be taken into consideration by policy makers to create an appropriate development policy and a conducive business environment.

Blockchain technology in the international supply chains

2020 ◽  
pp. 16-25
Author(s):  
Irina V. Pustokhina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
International Economy ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Cargo Delivery ◽  
Trade And Investment ◽  
Efficiency Improve

The relevance of the study is that globalization and the integration of the international economy provide excellent opportunities for economic development through international trade and investment. It is necessary to make the product and services more competitive. One of the factors determining the competitiveness of trade is how quickly and how economically the goods can be delivered. The competition in the logistics industry is continually growing, which forces participants to improve their efficiency, improve quality and reduce costs. In these conditions effective IT solutions are vital tools for logistics and the ability to manage the logistics processes in the business environment in the context of globalization is a factor of competitiveness. Within the framework of this paper, the existing business processes of cargo delivery were described. The study of the process of interaction of international supply chain participants made it possible to identify the ineffectiveness of existing processes to understand what can be replaced and corrected with the introduction of blockchain technology. The main reason of inefficiency is the low level of business processes digitalization. The cases of existing blockchain projects for the logistics industry were investigated. The article provides possible cases of using blockchain for the logistics industry.

LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE OF BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: INFLUENCE ON ENTERPRISE STRATEGY FORMATION

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Khadartsev ◽  
◽  
Karyna Holubka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Successful Business ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
The Impact

The specifics of functioning, place and role of modern logistics mediation in the infrastructure of the business environment, in order to form effective business strategies for businesses. The ability of logistics to be an effective mechanism for the formation, organization and implementation of successful business activities, in accordance with the requirements of a particular business environment, as a field of interaction between supply and demand. From the standpoint of retrospect, the conceptual scientific principles of formation and development of logistics, its integration into a wide range of business processes of business entities, taking on leading roles in ensuring organizational and economic relations in the process of trade. Theoretical and methodological principles for the formation of a set of strategies of business entities are considered. In particular, attention is focused on the impact of the external environment, and determining the optimal tools for adaptation to such influences. The criterion features of the formation of a modern business strategy, the priority of market flexibility and maneuverability, compared with the in-organicity of traditional resource provision. The effectiveness of logistics intermediation in achieving these criteria by the business entity is noted. The current specifics of the logistics services market in Ukraine are considered, in particular, key factors and obstacles that indirectly limit the development of the national business environment and business activities in general. Factors of objective and subjective nature are presented, which are able to limit the application of logistics approaches as permanent elements of business models of business entities. According to the results of the study, the guidelines of successful business activity are proposed, through the adaptation in the strategies of the elements of logistics infrastructure and service, the innovative nature of logistics in ensuring the competitiveness and sustainability of management is noted.

The (Mis)Uses of Race in Research on College Students: A Systematic Review

JCSCORE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-41
Author(s):  
Marc P. Johnston-Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Higher Education Journals ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

Race has been one of the most controversial subjects studied by scholars across a wide range of disciplines as they debate whether races actually exist and whether race matters in determining life, social, and educational outcomes. Missing from the literature are investigations into various ways race gets applied in research, especially in higher education and student affairs. This review explores how scholars use race in their framing, operationalizing, and interpreting of research on college students. Through a systematic content analysis of three higher education journals over five years, this review elucidates scholars’ varied racial applications as well as potential implicit and explicit messages about race being sent by those applications and inconsistencies within articles. By better understanding how race is used in higher education and student affairs research, scholars can be more purposeful in their applications to reduce problematic messages about the essentialist nature of race and deficit framing of certain racial groups.

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