Abstract
Blockchain technologies offer new open source-based opportunities for developing new types of digital platforms and services. While research on the topic is emerging, it has this far been predominantly focused to technical and legal issues. To broaden our understanding of blockchain technology based services and platforms, we build on earlier literature on payments and payment platforms and propose a research agenda divided into three focal areas of 1) organizational issues; 2) issues related to the competitive environment; and 3) technology design issues. We discuss several salient themes within each of these areas, and derive a set of research question for each theme, highlighting the need to address both risks and opportunities for users, as well as different types of stakeholder organizations. With this research agenda, we contribute to the discussion on future avenues for Information Systems research on blockchain technology based platforms and services.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
| Publisher | Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) |
| Pages | 1533-1542 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-9981331-0-2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Waikoloa Village, United States Duration: 4 Jan 2017 → 7 Jan 2017 Conference number: 50 http://hicss.hawaii.edu/ |
Conference
| Conference | Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
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| Abbreviated title | HICSS |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Waikoloa Village |
| Period | 04/01/2017 → 07/01/2017 |
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