Blockchain and electronic commerce: Transforming networks, platforms, and value creation
摘要
Blockchain is one of the transformative technologies that can provide multiple benefits to electronic commerce. Its decentralization, immutability, and transparency can help strengthen trust, efficiency, and inter-organizational collaboration in many e-commerce contexts. The versatility of blockchain and the large scope of e-commerce business models and applications open up a variety of novel approaches to utilizing blockchain technology in e-commerce. Current research in this domain demonstrates numerous potential benefits, risks, and avenues for innovative forms of inter-organizational coordination, customer information, and security increase. Yet, current insights are still anecdotal and lacking a common understanding of key concepts. This topical collection presents five articles on different foundational insights into blockchain technology in e-commerce and contributes to initial insights into a dynamically evolving research stream in networked business.