[AISWorld] CFP JTAER Special issue - The Challenges and Opportunities of Blockchain-Led Organizational Transformation

[Marijn Janssen - TBM]

Call for Papers: The Challenges and Opportunities of Blockchain-Led Organizational Transformation

Special issue of the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (JTAER)

Guest Editors: Lemuria Carter, Yiwei Gong, Marijn Janssen, Jolien Ubacht

The Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research is planning a special issue on The Challenges and Opportunities of Blockchain-led Organizational Transformation.

The use of blockchain technology has the potential to change e-commerce by introducing new ways of transacting that are expected to change the traditional ways in which organizations exchange data and money. Proponents of developing blockchain applications suggest that many benefits can be created by using blockchain, including (enhanced) trust, transparency and control. As a consequence the traditional role of the middleman in transactions processes might be substituted by blockchain technology.

Although blockchain technology is pioneered in the financial sectors by initiating cryptocurrencies, its use is not limited to this sector. Blockchain can be considered as a general purpose technology and as such offers a myriad of options to create blockchain applications. To date, many pilots are conducted and prototypes are developed to better understand its potential, its limitations and its transformative effect on a wide range of industries. Yet, there is no overview of how blockchain effects e-commerce practices. The goal of this special issue is to advance our knowledge in the field of blockchain in e-commerce.
Subject Coverage
We specifically encourage papers related but not limited to the following topics:

*         Analysis and transformation of e-commerce transactions
*         The role of middleman and new ways of e-commerce
*         Applications of smart contracts based on blockchain technologies
*         Challenges in governance structures for business applications based on blockchain
*         Opportunities of blockchain applications within public-private partnerships
*         Design or transformation of business models that are based on blockchain technologies
*         Design criteria, methods or critical success factors for blockchain applications
*         Theorizing blockchain applications and implications
*         Blockchain in various domains; banking, retail, government, services etc.
*         Cross-comparative studies of blockchain initiatives
*         Role of standardization in blockchain technologies
*         Critical assessment of (technological determinism in) blockchain adoption
*         Limitations or disadvantages of blockchain applications
*         Evaluation of the added value of blockchain applications
*         Evaluation of blockchain pilots and innovations
*         Trust, transparency and control in e-commerce transaction
*         Blockchain and identity/asset registration
Notes for Intending Authors

We are seeking original manuscripts on conceptual and methodological issues related to research on innovation through blockchain applications, as well as papers that report on the results of empirical research in the field. We seek papers from a wide variety of sectors and both qualitative and quantitative research can be submitted.
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Author guidelines can be found at http://www.jtaer.com/author_guidelines.doc

All submissions will be refereed by at least three reviewers. Submissions should be directed by email to j.ubacht at tudelft.nl<mailto:j.ubacht at tudelft.nl>

For more information, please visit the following web site: http://www.jtaer.com

Important Dates:

*         Full paper submission: 1 June 2018
*         Notification of acceptance: 30 Sept 2018
*         Revised submission: 1 Dec 2018
*         Final acceptance notification: 1 Feb 2019
*         Camera ready version of paper: 1 April 2019
*         Publication: 2019


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