Blockchain: How to Position Your Company for the Inevitable
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Author(s)
Lacity, Mary
Moloney, Kate
Ross, Jeanne W.
Date Issued
March 15, 2018
Publisher
Cambridge, Mass.: Center for Information Systems Research, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation
Lacity, Mary, Kate Moloney, and Jeanne W. Ross. “Blockchain: How to Position Your Company for the Inevitable.” MIT CISR Research Briefing Volume XVIII, no. 3 (March 2018). https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/174806.
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MIT CISR Research Briefing, Vol. XVIII, No. 3
Abstract
Blockchain applications promise to smooth out the many friction points in today s business transactions. We don t doubt blockchain technology s potential to be transformational, but before it becomes widely applied, technology and business leaders must resolve some rather gnarly issues, including (1) the lack of standards, particularly in data formats and how different types of transactions are defined; (2) immature technology, which currently limits security, capacity, and processing speed; (3) regulatory uncertainty; and even (4) immature and undisciplined internal transaction processing systems that must link seamlessly to blockchain applications. This briefing addresses what companies should be doing now to build blockchain capabilities.
Subjects
Information Technologies
Innovation and Strategy
Digital Innovation
Digitizing Business Processes
IT-based Business Transformation
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