Blockchain for business /
Arun, Jai Singh
Blockchain for business / Jai Singh Arun, Gennaro Cuomo, Nitin Gaur. - xxvii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Foreword by Don Tapscott--Cover page [discover how Blockchain networks are transforming companies, driving growth, and creating new business models]--Cover Page
1. Introduction to Blockchain --
2. Opportunity and Challenges --
3. Understanding the Technology Landscape --
4. Business of Business Models --
5. Developing a Governance Structure for Blockchain Networks --
6. Building a Team to Drive Blockchain Projects --
7. Understanding Financial Models, Investment Rubrics, and Model Risk Frameworks --
8. Looking Ahead: What Does the Future Hold?.
Blockchain for Business is a concise, accessible, and pragmatic guide to both the technology and the opportunities it creates. Authored by three experts from IBM's Enterprise Blockchain practice, it introduces industry-specific and cross-industry use cases, and reviews best-practice approaches to planning and delivering blockchain projects. With a relentless focus on real-world business outcomes, the authors reveal what blockchain can do, what it can't do yet, and where it's headed. Understand five elements that make blockchain so disruptive: transparency, immutability, security, consensus, and smart contracts Explore key use cases: cross-border payments, food and drug safety, provenance, trade finance, clinical trials, land registries, and more See how trusted blockchain networks are facilitating entirely new business models Compare blockchain types: permissioned, permissionless, private, public, federated, and hybrid Anticipate key technical, business, regulatory, and governance challenges.
9780135581353 (pbk.)
Blockchains (Databases)
Business enterprises --Computer networks--Security measures.
Blockchain.
005.74 / A.J.B
Blockchain for business / Jai Singh Arun, Gennaro Cuomo, Nitin Gaur. - xxvii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Foreword by Don Tapscott--Cover page [discover how Blockchain networks are transforming companies, driving growth, and creating new business models]--Cover Page
1. Introduction to Blockchain --
2. Opportunity and Challenges --
3. Understanding the Technology Landscape --
4. Business of Business Models --
5. Developing a Governance Structure for Blockchain Networks --
6. Building a Team to Drive Blockchain Projects --
7. Understanding Financial Models, Investment Rubrics, and Model Risk Frameworks --
8. Looking Ahead: What Does the Future Hold?.
Blockchain for Business is a concise, accessible, and pragmatic guide to both the technology and the opportunities it creates. Authored by three experts from IBM's Enterprise Blockchain practice, it introduces industry-specific and cross-industry use cases, and reviews best-practice approaches to planning and delivering blockchain projects. With a relentless focus on real-world business outcomes, the authors reveal what blockchain can do, what it can't do yet, and where it's headed. Understand five elements that make blockchain so disruptive: transparency, immutability, security, consensus, and smart contracts Explore key use cases: cross-border payments, food and drug safety, provenance, trade finance, clinical trials, land registries, and more See how trusted blockchain networks are facilitating entirely new business models Compare blockchain types: permissioned, permissionless, private, public, federated, and hybrid Anticipate key technical, business, regulatory, and governance challenges.
9780135581353 (pbk.)
Blockchains (Databases)
Business enterprises --Computer networks--Security measures.
Blockchain.
005.74 / A.J.B