Blockchain Papers

Swati Jadhav, Siddhant Nawale, Vaishnav Loya, Varun Gujarathi · 5 authors

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Ayman Abdalmajeed Alsmadi, Najed Alrawashdeh, Anwar Al-Gasaymeh, Loai Alhawamdeh · 5 authors

Supply chain management processes and systems in different industries include multiple variables. This study examines the adoption of blockchain technology in supply chain in Malaysia. Data were collected through questionnaire designed as open ended question through 300 respondents while only 256 is used according to completed surveys, statistical analysis of the data obtained in this study was carried out by one sample t-test using the statistical software package (SPSS). we find that, perceived ease, Inter-Organizational Trust, Perceived Usefulness, Data transparency and confidentiality have significant impact on adoption Blockchain in supply chain, while Blockchain technology simplifies inventory financing. The paper use open ended questions so in future can use different kind of scale and different variables which can affect the adoption decisions.

Abeer F. Alkhwaldi, Ibrahim A. Abu-AlSondos, Amir Abdulmuhsin, Maha Shehadeh · 5 authors

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Amer A. Hijazi, Srinath Perera, Ali Mohammed Alashwal, Rodrigo N. Calheiros

Blockchain technology has been proposed as a potential solution for coordinating information and trust to aid the development of a single source of the truth data model, going beyond peer-to-peer cash transactions. It is, therefore, argued that the construction supply chain (CSC) will resolve issues related to the lack of reliable platforms for construction and asset management operations once blockchain technology and Building Information Modelling (BIM) are integrated. Though there is no longer any debate about the importance of integrating blockchain technology with BIM, there is still a lack of academic literature on its proof of concept. This study aims to create a thorough proof of concept for integrating blockchain technology and BIM for supply chain data delivery. It demonstrated a step-by-step methodology starting from understanding the current business scenario and proposing logical system architecture, followed by selecting a blockchain platform, designing system architecture related to technologies, prototyping, and evaluating through a virtual business scenario. The software prototype presented in this paper helps establish the technological viability of a single source of the truth data model for integrating blockchain technology and BIM. The supply chain data delivery for handover was considered in this software prototype. However, the process used to create this software prototype can be replicated in future work on blockchain technology-based built environment applications or digital transformation in the built environment research.

Ebru Aydoğan, Muhammed Fatih Aydemir

The e-commerce sector has grown beyond predictions with the help of the most recent technological developments, changes in consumer preferences, and the COVID-19 pandemic. E-commerce activities assume a subsidiary role of brick-and-mortar shops with the benefits it offers to all parties, which have also resulted in new problems such as privacy, security, transparency, and costs, unlike traditional businesses. Blockchain technology is among the promising technologies in solving the problems of the e-commerce sector with its decentralized structure that does not require third-party intermediaries, and its features (such as privacy, immutability, security, transparency, and auditability). In this study—which examines, under five titles, the benefits that blockchain can offer to e-commerce—it is concluded that blockchain can reshape e-commerce activities by enabling integrated e-commerce systems that include all parties and offering low transaction costs, high transaction speed, traceability of transactions, strong security standards, and low risks. In this direction, blockchain-based e-commerce platforms can push existing e-commerce platforms into the background.

Vishal Chandra

This paper investigates the integration of Blockchain technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance cloud security in Indian enterprises. The study explores how Blockchain’s decentralized nature can secure cloud infrastructures, while AI models such as anomaly detection and reinforcement learning provide real-time threat monitoring and mitigation. By analyzing case studies from Indian companies in sectors like IT, finance, and healthcare, the paper showcases the practical benefits of combining Blockchain with AI for enhancing data security, reducing vulnerabilities, and improving regulatory compliance.

Muhammad Shoaib, Shengzhong Zhang, Hassan Ali

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Mohammad Iranmanesh, Parisa Maroufkhani, Shahla Asadi, Morteza Ghobakhloo · 6 authors

This study aims to investigate the extent to which the contributions of blockchain technology to supply chain parameters influence blockchain adoption among SMEs. Drawing on contingency theory, the study investigates the moderating effect of market turbulence. The data were collected from 204 SMEs in Malaysia’s manufacturing sector and analysed using the partial least squares technique. The results showed that the intention of SMEs’ managers to adopt blockchain is influenced by the contributions of blockchain to supply chain transparency and agility. Supply chain transparency, alignment, adaptability, and agility are interrelated. Market turbulence moderates positively the association between agility and intention to adopt blockchain. This study extends the literature by decomposing the concept of relative advantages and investigating the influences of blockchain benefits on blockchain adoption. The moderating effect of market turbulence indicates that the influence of blockchain on agility is more important for SMEs operating in a turbulent environment than the SMEs in a stable market. The findings help the policymakers and blockchain vendors in developing effective plans and strategies to speed up the adoption of blockchain among SMEs. Furthermore, the results give confidence to the managers and owners of SMEs that blockchain can be a valuable competitive advantage source.

Ayman Mohammad Al Shanti, Mohammad Salim Elessa

By combining two types of studies: theoretical and field, the study aims to explore the impact of digital transformation on the quality of accounting information and the efficacy of corporate governance through the deployment of blockchain technology in banks. The study’s dimensions and variables were examined using a descriptive-analytical technique. To collect data from Jordanian banks’ financial analysts, auditors of shareholders’ accounts, and financial managers in the field research community, data lists were developed. For the analysis of the field research data, SPSS was used. Both the first and third hypotheses were rejected, indicating that the null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis was accepted. Neither the second nor the fourth hypotheses were accepted. In order to reap the benefits of blockchain technology in increasing the quality of accounting information and strengthening corporate governance, a digital transformation toward its application in commercial operations is suggested.

Piyush Pant, Atour Taghipour

With one of the most potent technologies ever developed in human history, the world is moving toward a new digitalized era. These technological advancements are enabling people to make things that, in the past, were merely the stuff of fairy tales. The model put out by this research incorporates one of the newest and most potent technologies of the decade. This research proposes to integrate the 5G network with the industrial internet of things, which is based on machine learning to develop an intelligent machine capable of mimicking humans. A system of this power is extremely susceptible to issues like hacking, cyberattacks, and other issues. This problem is solved with the blockchain. Since blockchain offers a decentralized approach to maintaining transparency, the research incorporates it into the model to make it more efficient and secure. IoT with blockchain has been the subject of other studies, but this study is an enhanced version that also incorporates industrial IoT with AI to create an intelligent internet of things.

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Md. Mijanur Rahman, Md. Fahad Mollik, Mahmudul Hasan, Moriom Akter

Nowadays, blockchain technology is a great and immersive technology like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the internet of things. Blockchain is a complex and secure distributed ledger system that stores data with other information such as timestamp, and hash value in a block, and each block is connected with the other. With the help of blockchain technology, many problems can be solved. After conceptualizing blockchain technology, it has changed many sectors, such as health, education, and business, as well as human resource management (HRM). However, still, there are some gaps in this area. So in this paper, we are going to investigate and solve those. Hiring employees is a vital role of the human resource (HR) but it is not so easy to hire the right candidate. To hire the right candidate, checking the performance appraisals of his previous organization is a great method to know about him. HR often needs to know the candidate's performance appraisals from his previous organization as feedback, which is not as easy and trustworthy as the traditional way. A performance appraisal is a systematic way to review or evaluate an employee's organizational performance. This could be an incredible, reliable system for an organization's HR. In this paper, a blockchain-based performance appraisal system will be used to check the performance of an employee of a previous organization. This system will be trustworthy, secure, and anonymous.

K. Nethravathi, Ankit Tiwari, Dipesh Uike, Rachana Jaiswal · 5 authors

With greater frequency and granularity than ever before, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology can help businesses achieve next-level performance in the supply chain. Blockchain can reliably construct the framework for recording data across endpoints, whereas AI can assist in data matching. This study investigates how to apply blockchain technology and artificial intelligence together in supply chains to push the boundaries of operational effectiveness, promote sustainable growth, and monetize data. This study has examined how blockchain can be used to track financial operations in the supply chain and also aims to determine how artificial intelligence contributes to supply chain management. The study’s anticipated results will increase knowledge of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence in supply chain risk management and encourage practitioners and researchers to think about using these technologies in future context-aware research.

Senate Sylvia Mafike, Tendani Mawela

Blockchain is transforming the banking sector and offering opportunities for significant cost reduction and efficient banking services. However, implementing blockchain is a challenge due to lack of adequate knowledge and skills on how to implement the technology. As a result, there are very few market-ready blockchain banking products and organisations are unable to realise the promised value. This paper presents an overview of the banking sector's blockchain use cases, design and implementation considerations and techniques. The aim is to offer an evidence-based primer to guide researchers and practitioners. The study relies on the systematic literature review method and reviews a total of 45 papers comprising 26 peer-reviewed scholarly articles and 19 technical reports from the banking industry. Leximancer software is used to support the thematic data analysis. The results show for the banking sector an increase in experimentation efforts geared towards the development of payment systems. The results also indicate key considerations from a technological, organisational and environmental perspective. The study highlights that platform selection, scalability and resilience are some of the critical technical considerations for implementing blockchain banking systems. Organisational considerations include collaboration and governance-related challenges. From an environmental perspective, the study notes several legal and regulatory considerations. This study contributes to the existing literature on blockchain adoption in banking, which is still in the nascent stage. The study also offers a research agenda for further understanding of blockchain implementation in the banking sector. Opportunities for further research are noted in the areas of interoperability, governance, security and privacy.

Yu Gao, Oskar Casasayas, Jiayuan Wang, Xiaoxiao Xu

As a decentralised ledger and data management technology, blockchain has attracted increasing interest and has been effectively applied in various areas. Despite its promising potential, there are few studies proposing effective strategies for promoting blockchain, particularly in providing a strategic analysis of blockchain in China's construction management. This study aims to investigate the external and internal environments of blockchain application and determine the roadmaps and strategies for blockchain application in construction management in China. A strength, weaknesses, opportunity, and threat (SWOT) analysis is employed to draw a panorama of the blockchain development status. Six roadmaps and strategies for blockchain application are proposed. By using the Analytic Network Process (ANP), a quantitative analysis was conducted to determine the ranking of SWOT sub-factors and roadmaps and strategies. The results show that ‘traceability of information’, ‘high application threshold’, ‘national policy support’, and ‘low informatization level of the construction industry’ are the most important sub-factors in strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats respectively. The best roadmaps and strategies are ‘improving the informatization level of the construction industry’, followed by ‘promoting the technological innovation of blockchain’ and ‘providing standard’. This study facilitates an in-depth understanding of the blockchain application in China's construction management. It will not only help researchers to conduct targeted blockchain research for more efficient project management, but also help practitioners to develop effective strategies for adopting blockchain.

Mahdi Arabian, Mazyar Ghadiri Nejad, Reza Vatankhah Barenji

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Alaa S. Jameel, Ahmed S. Alheety

The purpose of this study is to measure the behavioral intention to adopt blockchain technology (BT) among SME managers based on the theory of "Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology" (UTAUT).The study was conducted among SME managers in Iraq who adopted blockchain technology. The study deployed the quantitative method and the purposive sample technique was used. The data collected by questionnaires and the valid questionnaires was 192 analyzed by Smart-PLS after ensuring the validity and reliability of the proposed model.The results indicated that performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, technology readiness, and blockchain transparency positively and significantly impact SME managers' intention to adopt blockchain technology. On the other hand, social influence has an insignificant impact on BI’s decision to adopt the blockchain among SME managers.

Yutong Bai, Yang Liu, Wee Meng Yeo

As an emerging information technology, blockchain has aroused extensive discussions around the world and been suggested as a solution to address current issues in supply chain finance (SCF). The Chinese government also attaches great importance to this technology, and many Chinese state-owned enterprises have invested in establishing their own blockchain research and development centres. However, there is a lack of studies on identifying challenges when deploying this technology; theoretical framework and conceptual exposition are also scarcely seen. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the challenges and obstacles in the adoption of blockchain technology in SCF. An exploratory case study of a Chinese state-owned enterprise was conducted to build up an initial conceptual framework. Semi-structured interview was applied to collect data from the case firm's employees, top management, and technical specialists. The results of the analysis indicate that in the adoption of blockchain technology, there are technological, operational, and other challenges. From a technological perspective, framework identification, cross-chain interoperability, and data governance are major barriers; whereas, from an operational perspective, the new business process and transformation in the entire supply chain are identified as challenges. Besides, other obstacles such as the elimination of jobs and regulatory issues are also not neglectable. This study contributes to research on blockchain and supply chains by shedding light on the challenges of blockchain adoption through an exploratory case study of a Chinese state-owned enterprise. A conceptual framework was generated as a basis for future research, and the findings also provide insights for companies that may or are planning to adopt blockchain technology.

Abdollah Mohammad Parmoodeh, Esinath Ndiweni, Yasser Barghathi

The purpose of this paper is to explore the prospects of blockchain technology (BCT) on audit practice. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with practitioners from the Big Four and non‐Big Four firms; their responses were analysed thematically. The findings are significant regarding the three main themes identified: namely, audit practice, procedures and the challenges associated with the adoption of BCT. The adoption of BCT has the potential to impact audit procedures to a certain extent. The interviewees believed that BCT would transfer Audit 3.0 to Audit 4.0. For instance, external confirmations could be enhanced by the move towards a more automated verification process. In addition, the audit budget time could be decreased with the help of this technology in the long run. The need for physical observation could be diminished because of this technology, as it could track observations on a real‐time basis. This technology could also facilitate analytical procedures, as it has the potential to incorporate other analytical tools simultaneously. Furthermore, it could reduce the costs associated with fraud detection to a great extent, as it provides a tamper‐proof, immutable audit trail.

Priya Shelke, Shreyas Zanjal, Rishikesh Patil, Digvijay Desai · 6 authors

An innovative and modern avenue for startup fundraising is crowdfunding. There are many different forms of crowdfunding, but the fundamental goal is to raise enough money to produce or provide services. The internet and social media are essential for nonprofit organizations and entrepreneurs to raise money. Blockchain is a decentralised, immutable, and secure technology that maintains the transparency of all interactions between parties. The foundation of crowdfunding is the mutual trust between investors and stakeholders. Blockchain based smart contracts has enormous promise for both crowdfunding organisations and individual users. Blockchain-based crowdfunding platforms boost the legitimacy of various initiatives and endeavours, attracting large amounts of funds from donors and investors. The basics of crowdfunding, its existing limits, and the role of blockchain technology in crowdfunding will all be covered in the first section of the paper. Then it talks about other crowdfunding systems built on blockchain that have appeared recently. The explanation of the proposed system and its implementation and outcomes follows.

Hamed Taherdoost

Blockchain technology is a trending subject of research and development. As a result of the blockchain proof of concept, the banking industry also accepted the technology and altered the fundamental financial concepts. In the Fintech sector, difficulties such as missed objectives, lengthy fund-raising cycles, and rising losses are typical, and they often happen as a result of not strong management. Blockchain has created inclusive, open, and secure corporate networks that enable the rapid issuance of digital security at lower unit prices and with a higher degree of customization. In recent years, blockchain technology has evolved in the financial sector, exhibiting numerous benefits. According to analysts, blockchain technology will help the banking industry become more accessible, efficient, secure, and user-friendly in the upcoming years. This article reviews how blockchain technology is employed by the financial services industry and also the applications of blockchain, as an emerging field, in Fintech to find new gateways for this field.

Yasemin DEMİR, Sabiha KILIÇ

Çalışmada, 2016-2022 yılları arasında blok zincir ve akıllı şehir konuları ile ilgili uluslararası alan yazınında yayınlanan çalışmaların bibliyometrik özelliklerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Scopus veri tabanı üzerinden “blockchain and smart city” anahtar kelime araması yapılmıştır. Arama yapılan tarihte toplam 1143 makaleye ulaşılmıştır. Araştırma kısıtlarında anahtar kelime bazında sadece “blockchain ve smart city” kelimelerinin birlikte geçtiği çalışmalar dikkate alınmış ve 329 çalışma ile analiz gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bibliyometrik analiz kapsamında öncelikle yayınların dağılımlarına ait genel bilgiler verilmiş, daha sonra birlikte bulunma (co-occurance) ve ortak atıf (co-citation) haritalamaları VOSviewer programı aracılığıyla görselleştirilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonuçları incelendiğinde; konuyla ilgili çalışmalara olan ilginin yıllar geçtikçe arttığı, en çok makale türünde yayın yapıldığı, konuyla ilgili literatüre en çok yayın yapılan ülke olarak Hindistan’ın katkıda bulunduğu, haritalama sonuçlarına göre ise ilk yıllarda bitcoin, ethereum gibi kavramlara öncelik verilirken zamanla bu kavramların yerini nesnelerin interneti (IoT), güvenlik (security) ve blok zincir teknolojileri gibi kavramların aldığı görülmüştür.

Shorouq Eletter, Ghaleb A. El Refae, Tahira Yasmin, Amer Qasem · 6 authors

The fourth industrial revolution brought digital solutions to modernize how firms manufacture and distribute their products. A fusion of artificial intelligence advances is utilized to blur boundaries between the biological, physical, and digital worlds. Firms are redesigning their supply chains to attain high levels of operational effectiveness. Supply chain activities are crucial for the success of manufacturing firms. Blockchain is a promising technology for managing the supply chain efficiently. Blockchain is an immutable, distributed ledger to record transactions digitally. A smart contract is a coded agreement between two parties that executes an exchange automatically in the absence of trusted authorities. This study aimed to explore the prospects of utilizing blockchain and smart contracts as empowering technologies for food supply chain management. The study used a case study approach. Blockchain has the potential to play a vital role in almost every aspect of the future. Implementing blockchain in the supply chain will enhance the transparency, traceability, and flow of goods and services across the supply chain. Additionally, a blockchain-based smart contract will facilitate, validate and impose negotiation and execution agreements among multiple parties in real-time, enhancing the collaboration and quality of management. Carrefour UAE successfully joined IBM Food Trust. Carrefour's initiative came after growing customers' concerns about product provenance and ethical sourcing. The Carrefour initiative helped to resolve the problem of trust in the food supply. Improvements in the supply chain are expected to happen, including enhanced efficiency, traceability, reduced execution risk, low cost, etc.

Romil Rawat

For every sector, managing supply chains is a difficult task, but the healthcare sector faces risks and complication since a disrupted supply chain could have a direct impact on patient security and medical results. In this assignment we will discuss how Blockchain technology is one possible method for enhancing the health E-supply chain's security, integrity, data provenance, and usefulness. The medical supply, medical product and supply, Internet of Medical Things (IOMT), and health care sector are all given such priority, the goal of this research is to provide a description of the advantages and drawbacks of using blockchain technology in the medical distribution and supply network. The unfulfilled potential of blockchain technology to increase the health supply chain requires greater research, analysis, and integration with regulatory frameworks has been discussed.