Welcome to Issue 7/8 of the Technology Innovation Management Review. This edition is a collection of insights across a range of topics from SME ecosystem engagement, integrated trust sites, technology in the customer journey, action research with a participant-observer approach, web text analytics on digital health companies, and energy transition, including renewables.

Call for Papers for Special Issue of the TIM Review

 Blockchain and Digital Transformation

First Draft submission deadline: October 20th, 2021

Final submission of manuscripts: November 26^th, 2021

Overview

Introduction

Introduction 

The technology now called “blockchain” was originally conceived in Bitcoin as a decentralized e-commerce alternative to “financial institutions serving as trusted third parties to process electronic payments” (Satoshi Nakmoto, 2008). Blockchain was meant to usher in a “trust-less” model, where mechanisms (such as cryptographic proof) could enable all parties in a distributed ledger system to reach a consensus on what the authentic data record was. In addition, the Bitcoin blockchain was meant to allow for completely non-reversible transactions.

1.Introduction

Blockchain technology is expected to contribute to the global economy in many ways. A recent study by PwC (2020) estimates that blockchain technology has the potential to boost global GDP by $1.76 (USD) trillion by 2030 through five main areas. The following table summarizes the report’s findings (PwC, 2020), showing the top five uses driving blockchain adoption and their estimated economic contributions to global GDP.

Introduction

Introduction

Welcome to the June issue of the Technology Innovation Management Review. This edition returns to explore the topic of blockchain (distributed ledger) technology, which the TIM Review began publishing about in the October 2017 edition.