[AISWorld] CFP Special Issue on Blockchain Technology and Applications for Information Systems and e-Business Management (ISeBM)

[Hu Daning]

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Information Systems and e-Business
Management (ISeBM) on Blockchain Technology and Applications


Editors-in-Chief: J. Becker; M.J. Shaw


Guest Editors:

Hsing Kenneth Cheng, University of Florida

Daning Hu, Southern University of Science and Technology

Thomas Puschmann, University of Zurich

J. Leon Zhao, City University of Hong Kong


The notion of blockchain technology and its application in cryptocurrency
has attracted huge attention due to the recent Bitcoin hype. The Economist
article of October 31, 2015 called blockchain as the trust machine that
will change how businesses will run and how transactions will be conducted.
No other single technology has been so hyped in recent years, even the
Internet or the Web. The year of 2017 has witnessed a tidal wave in
business investments and government initiatives. Blockchain technology is a
new type of distributed database technology that has the potential to
revolutionize how transaction information is stored and managed in
networked markets and institutions.


One of the most promising blockchain applications is smart contract that
uses blockchain to record and enforce the rules digitally encoded in
contracts. It can automatically trigger the execution of such rules if
certain conditions are met and they are detected by the blockchain. This
approach can ensure the credibility of the contracts without involving
third parties or intermediaries and thus can largely reduce the transaction
costs.


Due to its capability in keeping decentralized records and providing
automated mechanisms to enforce contracts, blockchain has great potential
in various business applications, such as digital currencies, recording
public information such as birth certificates or legal documents. It not
only can change the technologies that support the secure and efficient
storage and processing of information, but may also transform the business
principles and processes embedded in traditional centralized organizations
and societies.  It is expected that blockchain and smart contract will
automate much of the clerical work in all types of organizations, thus
causing another wave of business redesign and reengineering.


There is no doubt that opportunities abound for scholars to systematically
study blockchain technology, particularly from the Information Systems (IS)
perspective. In this special issue on blockchain technology and applications
, we call for studies that adopt all IS research methods, such as design
science, behavioral science, and IS economics. Relevant topics for this
special issue may include (but not limited to):


• Blockchain technologies and applications

• Blockchain based business innovation

• Blockchain driven digital currencies

• Blockchain and smart contracts

• Blockchain induced redesign of business processes, models and

organizations.

• Blockchain and its impacts in public sectors

• Blockchain centric ecosystems and communities

• Business value of blockchain

• Acceptance of blockchain technologies in business organizations and among

individual users

• Privacy and security issues related to blockchain


Editorial Board:

Niklas Arvidsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Fergal Carton, University College Cork

Shaokun Fan, Oregon State University

Tim Alexander Herberger, Bamberg University

Lars Hornuf, University of Bremen

Siyuan Liu, Pennsylvania State University

Yipeng Liu, Northern Illinois University

Xiaowei Mei, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Mahdi Moqri, Iowa State University

Zhe Shan, Miami University

Jun Shen, University of Wollongong

Lijian Wei, Sun Yat-Sen university

Jiaqi Yan, Nanjing University


Important Dates:

March 30, 2019  Deadline for submission

July 30, 2018   First round of reviews completed

Oct 30, 2019  Deadline for revised papers

Jan 30, 2020  Second round reviews completed

Feb 15, 2020  Final editorial decisions on papers acceptance for
the special issue


All papers will be peer reviewed and must follow the standard
guidelines for manuscript preparation and submission posted on the ISeB
website (https://link.springer.com/journal/10257). Please submit to the
special issue track: Blockchain Technology and Applications in the
submission system.