Blockchain as a disruptive technology for business: A systematic review

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Highlights：

• Blockchain research remains early-stage, in theory, methods, and empirical work.

• We identify 8 different concepts of blockchain from 90% of studies that defined it.

• Topics relating to blockchain: banking & finance, law, accounting, healthcare.

• Benefits include trust-free, decentralized transactions, lower costs, and privacy.

• Challenges include regulation, interoperability, scalability, security, and volatility.

摘要

•Blockchain research remains early-stage, in theory, methods, and empirical work.•We identify 8 different concepts of blockchain from 90% of studies that defined it.•Topics relating to blockchain: banking & finance, law, accounting, healthcare.•Benefits include trust-free, decentralized transactions, lower costs, and privacy.•Challenges include regulation, interoperability, scalability, security, and volatility.

论文关键词：Blockchain,Disruptive technology,Diffusion of innovation,Systematic review,Technology adoption

论文评审过程：Received 26 April 2019, Revised 21 October 2019, Accepted 22 October 2019, Available online 11 November 2019, Version of Record 24 February 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.10.014