The aim of this assessment task is to investigate a specific blockchain case study to understand how blockchain can be used to achieve competitive advantage.
Instructions
- Download the book: Treiblmaier, H. and Clohessy, T., 2020. Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology Use Cases. Springer. (available on the library website – use Google Scholar and search for the book name)
- Select one of the following chapters in the book (the one that is of most interest to you) that evaluate a specific blockchain solution:
- What's in the Box? Combating Counterfeit Medications in Pharmaceutical Supply Chains with Blockchain Vigilant Information Systems
- A Use Case of Blockchain in Healthcare: Allergy Card
- A Blockchain-Driven Approach to Fulfill the GDPR Recording Requirements
- Wibson: A Case Study of a Decentralized, Privacy-Preserving Data Marketplace
- Business Process Transformation in Natural Resources Development Using Blockchain: Indigenous Entrepreneurship, Trustless Technology, and Rebuilding Trust
- Smart City Applications on the Blockchain: Development of a Multi-layer Taxonomy
- Analyzing the Potential of DLT-based Applications in Smart Factories
- Next Generation Home Sharing: Disrupting Platform Organizations with Blockchain Technology and the Internet of Things?
- Using Blockchain for Online Multimedia Management: Characteristics of Existing Platforms
- Supply Chain Visibility Ledger
- For the blockchain case selected answer the specific questions outlined below:
- Explain which case study you selected and why
- Explain the business problem that the blockchain solution is attempting to solve in the case study
- How does the blockchain solution (application) work (from a business perspective)?
- How can the blockchain solution in the case study solve the business problem? To what extent do you think blockchain is the right solution to solve the business problem?
- What are the limitations of using blockchain for the problem in the case study?
- Research other examples of how the specific business problem has been resolved without a blockchain solution (could another technology solution solve the problem?). Use the library to find sources to support your views.
- What are the implications of this specific blockchain solution for cybersecurity (for the case study you selected)?