Applications of Blockchain Technology in Business Challenges and Opportunities /

• Main Authors: Attaran, Mohsen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Gunasekaran, Angappa (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Operations Management,
• Subjects: Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Management.; Industrial management.; E-business.; Electronic commerce.; E-commerce.; Educational technology.; Operations Management.; Operations Research/Decision Theory.; Innovation/Technology Management.; e-Business/e-Commerce.; Technology and Digital Education.

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 excitin...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The Evolution of Blockchain
• Chapter 3. Blockchain Principles, Qualities, and Business Applications
• Chapter 4. Financial Services: The Largest Blockchain Market
• Chapter 5. Manufacturing and Industrial
• Chapter 6. Government and Public Sector
• Chapter 7. Healthcare and Life Sciences
• Chapter 8. Consumer Goods and Retail Industry
• Chapter 9. Food Industry
• Chapter 10. Blockchain and Cybersecurity
• Chapter 11. Data Management
• Chapter 12. Blockchain for Gaming
• Chapter 13. New Business Applications for the Blockchain
• Chapter 14. Implementing Blockcchain in Your Enterprise
• Chapter 15. Summary and Conclusions.