Business Models and Blockchain: What Can Change?
Thegoal is to identify the characteristics of innovative business models that use blockchain technology. Through a qualitative and descriptive research, we sought,in the Crunshbase database,the companies that had in theiractivity description the word Blockchain, obtaining a total of 810 companies. T...
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| author | Fernanda da Silva Momo Giovana Sordi Schiavi Ariel Behr Percival Lucena |
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| description | Thegoal is to identify the characteristics of innovative business models that use blockchain technology. Through a qualitative and descriptive research, we sought,in the Crunshbase database,the companies that had in theiractivity description the word Blockchain, obtaining a total of 810 companies. The data obtained were tabulated in Excel spreadsheet and we carried out a collection of additional information on the websites of the organizations. The process of data analysisused the technique of document analysis and content analysis. The resultsallowed us toidentifythat most organizations’foundation datefrom 2014 and are located in North America. Regardingthe area of expertise oftheseorganizations, it can beobserved that most of them belong tofinancial and technology areas. Moreover, 10 companies were already in operation before the creation of blockchain technology, pointing out the characteristic of a disruptive technology, which is the readjustment of established companies. Finally, we highlight the contributions related to the field, byidentifyingthe main areas of business that use blockchaintechnology, as well as revealing important descriptions about these companies. In addition to contributions tothe theory, by presenting empirical evidencesof active business with this technology and itscontributions to the various areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4da8ce79126141c4b0066be814de70ef2023-09-03T01:49:15ZengAssociação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD)RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea1982-78492019-04-0123222824810.1590/1982-7849rac2019180086Business Models and Blockchain: What Can Change?Fernanda da Silva Momo0Giovana Sordi Schiavi1Ariel Behr2Percival Lucena3UniversidadeFederal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Administração, Porto Alegre, RS, BrasilUniversidadeFederal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Administração, Porto Alegre, RS, BrasilUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Administração, Porto Alegre, RS, BrasilIBM Research, Porto Alegre, RS, BrasilThegoal is to identify the characteristics of innovative business models that use blockchain technology. Through a qualitative and descriptive research, we sought,in the Crunshbase database,the companies that had in theiractivity description the word Blockchain, obtaining a total of 810 companies. The data obtained were tabulated in Excel spreadsheet and we carried out a collection of additional information on the websites of the organizations. The process of data analysisused the technique of document analysis and content analysis. The resultsallowed us toidentifythat most organizations’foundation datefrom 2014 and are located in North America. Regardingthe area of expertise oftheseorganizations, it can beobserved that most of them belong tofinancial and technology areas. Moreover, 10 companies were already in operation before the creation of blockchain technology, pointing out the characteristic of a disruptive technology, which is the readjustment of established companies. Finally, we highlight the contributions related to the field, byidentifyingthe main areas of business that use blockchaintechnology, as well as revealing important descriptions about these companies. In addition to contributions tothe theory, by presenting empirical evidencesof active business with this technology and itscontributions to the various areas.https://rac.anpad.org.br/index.php/rac/article/view/1324business modelsblockchaindisruptive technology |
| spellingShingle | Fernanda da Silva Momo Giovana Sordi Schiavi Ariel Behr Percival Lucena Business Models and Blockchain: What Can Change? RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea business models blockchain disruptive technology |
| title | Business Models and Blockchain: What Can Change? |
| title_full | Business Models and Blockchain: What Can Change? |
| title_fullStr | Business Models and Blockchain: What Can Change? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Business Models and Blockchain: What Can Change? |
| title_short | Business Models and Blockchain: What Can Change? |
| title_sort | business models and blockchain what can change |
| topic | business models blockchain disruptive technology |
| url | https://rac.anpad.org.br/index.php/rac/article/view/1324 |
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