Companies and governments around the world have recently begun to understand the revolutionary scope of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. Among its capabilities, that of reducing costs and time, improving the efficiency of many processes and strengthening relationships of trust between different actors have led many companies to examine how best to introduce this technology into their business model. This interest has been reflected in an upcoming stream of research by academics and researchers. However, being a technology still in its early stages, the existing literature focuses mainly on technical aspects and how specific sectors are influenced by it. Few empirical studies have been conducted and there is no research analysing the technology from a broader perspective. The objective of this thesis is to fill the gap in the current literature, providing insights from an empirical study of all those projects that exploit Distributed Ledgers Technologies. The analysis consists of a census of 1291 projects of companies and governments around the world. Each project has been analyzed and surveyed through a framework built ad hoc to provide a complete and more practical overview of what are the current use cases. The work is divided into three parts, a first part that analyzes the technology in all its aspects, a second part consisting of an analysis of the current scientific literature and a last part consisting of the description and analysis of the results obtained from the census carried out.
Le aziende e i governi di tutto il mondo hanno iniziato già da qualche tempo a comprendere la portata rivoluzionaria delle tecnologie blockchain e distributed ledger. Tra le sue capacità, quella di ridurre costi e tempi, di migliorare l’efficienza di molti processi e di rafforzare i rapporti di fiducia tra diversi attori hanno portato molte aziende a esaminare come introdurre questa tecnologia al meglio nel proprio business model. Questo interesse si è riflesso in un imminente filone di ricerca da parte di accademici e ricercatori. Tuttavia, essendo una tecnologia ancora nelle prime fasi, la letteratura esistente si concentra principalmente sugli aspetti tecnici e su come specifici settori sono influenzati da essa. Sono stati effettuati pochi studi empirici e non ci sono ricerche che la analizzino da una prospettiva più ampia. L'obiettivo di questa tesi è quello di colmare il vuoto della letteratura attuale, fornendo spunti da uno studio empirico di tutti quei progetti che sfruttano le tecnologie Distributed Ledgers. L’analisi si compone di un censimento di 1291 progetti di aziende e governi di tutto il mondo. Ogni progetto è stato analizzato e censito tramite un framework costruito ad hoc per fornire una panoramica completa e più pratica di quelle che sono le attuali destinazioni d’uso. L’elaborato è diviso in tre parti, una prima parte che analizza la tecnologia in tutti i suoi aspetti, una seconda composta da un’analisi dell’attuale letteratura scientifica e un’ultima parte composta dalla descrizione e dall’analisi dei risultati ottenuti dal censimento svolto.
The impact of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies on business processes. An analysis of implementations and use cases in different sectors
Pedercini, Edoardo
2019/2020
Abstract
Companies and governments around the world have recently begun to understand the revolutionary scope of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. Among its capabilities, that of reducing costs and time, improving the efficiency of many processes and strengthening relationships of trust between different actors have led many companies to examine how best to introduce this technology into their business model. This interest has been reflected in an upcoming stream of research by academics and researchers. However, being a technology still in its early stages, the existing literature focuses mainly on technical aspects and how specific sectors are influenced by it. Few empirical studies have been conducted and there is no research analysing the technology from a broader perspective. The objective of this thesis is to fill the gap in the current literature, providing insights from an empirical study of all those projects that exploit Distributed Ledgers Technologies. The analysis consists of a census of 1291 projects of companies and governments around the world. Each project has been analyzed and surveyed through a framework built ad hoc to provide a complete and more practical overview of what are the current use cases. The work is divided into three parts, a first part that analyzes the technology in all its aspects, a second part consisting of an analysis of the current scientific literature and a last part consisting of the description and analysis of the results obtained from the census carried out.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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