Applications of Blockchain Technology in Business: Challenges and Opportunities

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The book discusses the various ways that blockchain technology is changing the future of money, transactions, government, and business. The first two chapters walk through the foundation of blockchain. Chapters 3–12 look at applications of blockchain in different industries and highlight its exciting new business applications. It show why so many companies are implementing blockchain, and present examples of companies who have successfully employed the technology to improve efficiencies and reduce costs. Chapter 13 highlights blockchain’s powerful potential to foster emerging markets and economies including smart cities, value-based healthcare, decentralized sharing economy, machine to machine transactions, data-sharing marketplace, etc. Chapter 14 offers a conceptual model, provides information and insights, and covers a step-by-step approach to plan and develop blockchain-based technology. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 1-5 The Evolution of Blockchain (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 7-12 Blockchain Principles, Qualities, and Business Applications (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 13-20 Financial Services: The Largest Blockchain Market (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 21-26 Manufacturing and Industrial (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 27-45 Government and Public Sector (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 47-52 Healthcare and Life Sciences (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 53-57 Consumer Goods and Retail Industry (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 59-61 Food Industry (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 63-65 Blockchain and Cybersecurity (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 67-69 Data Management (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 71-83 Blockchain for Gaming (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 85-88 New Business Applications for the Blockchain (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 89-94 Implementing Blockchain in Your Enterprise (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 95-102 Summary and Conclusions (Mohsen Attaran, Angappa Gunasekaran)....Pages 103-106 Back Matter ....Pages 107-112