Purpose, originality and value – this dissertation aims at filling a literature gap between the theoretical studies and the business application of blockchain technology. The objective is to create a structured framework that enables the analysis and comparison of the business and the theoretical perspective, to eventually characterize the blockchains platforms considered. Design, methodology and approach – the research is developed along two streams: Business-Driven and Literature-Driven. The Business-Driven stream investigates a database of 471 use cases, representing the blockchain landscape, to identify the drivers to the adoption of the technology and to study the behaviours of these drivers. The Literature-Driven stream investigates technical papers to develop a framework able to link blockchain configurations with performances and qualitative attributes. Finally, the two streams converge to evaluate the alignment between the different contexts. Findings – the outputs of this research include (1) the definition of the drivers to the adoption of the blockchain, (2) a number of insights about drivers’ behaviour, (3) a new framework linking blockchain configurations to performances and qualitative attributes and (4) a comparison and integration of the results obtained by the business and the literature streams. Theoretical and Managerial implications – while the Literature-Driven stream of the research results particularly relevant in reducing the fragmentation of knowledge present around blockchain topic, proposing a structured framework, this thesis aims eventually at addressing practitioners, providing tools to decision makers for guide them in the process of development of a blockchain project. Limits and future research - this work presents limits regarding the research of literature being at the same time relevant and reliable and the absence of primary sources of information to validate the model. Future researches should aim at solving these gaps, as well as including more platforms in the evaluation and updating the framework according to the always increasing knowledge around the blockchain topic.
Questa tesi si propone l’obiettivo di colmare alcune lacune riscontrate tra gli studi accademici e le applicazioni della tecnologia blockchain. Lo scopo è quello di creare un modello capace di analizzare e confrontare i punti di vista teoretici e applicativi, e infine caratterizzare le piattaforme blockchain considerate. La ricerca è stata sviluppata attraverso due percorsi. Il primo analizza 471 casi d’uso, che rappresentano il panorama blockchain, in modo da identificare le ragioni che spingono all’adozione della tecnologia e studiare i loro comportamenti. Il secondo analizza documenti tecnici in modo da sviluppare un modello capace di collegare diverse configurazioni della tecnologia con prestazioni e caratteristiche qualitative. Infine, i due percorsi convergono per valutare l’allineamento dei due diversi contesti. I risultati di questa ricerca includono (1) la definizione delle ragioni che spingono all’adozione della blockchain, (2) una serie di analisi riguardanti i comportamenti di tali ragioni, (3) un modello che collega diverse configurazioni della blockchain a prestazioni e caratteristiche qualitative e (4) il confronto e l’integrazione dei risultati ottenuti dai due percorsi. Mentre il percorso legato al punto di vista teorico, attraverso lo sviluppo di un modello, risulta di particolare importanza nel ridurre la dispersione di informazioni presente intorno all’argomento blockchain, questa tesi nel suo complesso vuole essere indirizzata anche a coloro che vogliono applicare la tecnologia blockchain a casi reali, con l’obiettivo di supportare e facilitare il processo decisionale. Questa lavoro di ricerca presenta principalmente due limiti. Da un lato, vista l’attualità dell’argomento, è difficile trovare in letteratura lavori che allo stesso tempo siano rilevanti ed affidabili. Dall’altro l’assenza di fonti primarie di informazione che possano validare il modello. Le ricerche future che verranno svolte riguardo all’argomento dovranno essere indirizzate a risolvere tali lacune, ad includere altre piattaforme nello studio e ad aggiornare il modello relativamente al livello sempre crescente di informazioni riguardo all’argomento blockchain.
Blockchain technology : a framework for business and theoretical perspectives
CASADEI, EUGENIO;GIAMPIERI, LORENZO
2017/2018
Abstract
Purpose, originality and value – this dissertation aims at filling a literature gap between the theoretical studies and the business application of blockchain technology. The objective is to create a structured framework that enables the analysis and comparison of the business and the theoretical perspective, to eventually characterize the blockchains platforms considered. Design, methodology and approach – the research is developed along two streams: Business-Driven and Literature-Driven. The Business-Driven stream investigates a database of 471 use cases, representing the blockchain landscape, to identify the drivers to the adoption of the technology and to study the behaviours of these drivers. The Literature-Driven stream investigates technical papers to develop a framework able to link blockchain configurations with performances and qualitative attributes. Finally, the two streams converge to evaluate the alignment between the different contexts. Findings – the outputs of this research include (1) the definition of the drivers to the adoption of the blockchain, (2) a number of insights about drivers’ behaviour, (3) a new framework linking blockchain configurations to performances and qualitative attributes and (4) a comparison and integration of the results obtained by the business and the literature streams. Theoretical and Managerial implications – while the Literature-Driven stream of the research results particularly relevant in reducing the fragmentation of knowledge present around blockchain topic, proposing a structured framework, this thesis aims eventually at addressing practitioners, providing tools to decision makers for guide them in the process of development of a blockchain project. Limits and future research - this work presents limits regarding the research of literature being at the same time relevant and reliable and the absence of primary sources of information to validate the model. Future researches should aim at solving these gaps, as well as including more platforms in the evaluation and updating the framework according to the always increasing knowledge around the blockchain topic.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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