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Transaction Propagation on Permissionless Blockchains: Incentive and Routing Mechanisms

, 2018
Existing permissionless blockchain solutions rely on peer-to-peer propagation mechanisms, where nodes in a network transfer transaction they received to their neighbors.
Erkin, Zekeriya, Ersoy, Oguzhan, Lagendijk, Reginald L., Ren, Zhijie   +3 more
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Social innovation, social enterprise, and local public services: undertaking transformation? [PDF]

, 2018
This article discusses some of the challenges encountered in embedding effective and sustainable social enterprise and social innovation within established political institutional systems to deliver local welfare services.
Ayob, Battilana, Bunt, Casebourne, Caulier-Grice, Chalmers, Conger, Crowley, Dart, Defourny, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Dey, Dey, Doherty, Dubois, Evers, Froggett, Gibson-Graham, Goldstein, Greenhalgh, GSEN and Social Value Lab, Hartley, Hazenberg, Hoogendoorn, Howaldt, Hulgård, INNOSERV, Kerlin, Leadbeater, Leadbeater, Lindsay, Lynn, McHugh, Moore, Moulaert, Mulgan, Naughton, Neal, Nicholls, Nicholls, Nicholls, Norman, Osborne, Peirce, Phills, Roy, Ruddat, Schumpeter, Scottish Government, Seanor, Sinclair, Sisson, Social Enterprise UK, Steiner, Teasdale, Viebrock, Wallace, Weber, Yunus   +58 more
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Blockchain for social good: a quantitative analysis

, 2018
The rise of blockchain technologies has given a boost to social good projects, which are trying to exploit various characteristic features of blockchains: the quick and inexpensive transfer of cryptocurrency, the transparency of transactions, the ability
Bartoletti, Massimo, Cimoli, Tiziana, Pompianu, Livio, Serusi, Sergio   +3 more
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On Cyber Risk Management of Blockchain Networks: A Game Theoretic Approach

, 2018
Open-access blockchains based on proof-of-work protocols have gained tremendous popularity for their capabilities of providing decentralized tamper-proof ledgers and platforms for data-driven autonomous organization. Nevertheless, the proof-of-work based
Feng, Shaohan, Niyato, Dusit, Wang, Ping, Wang, Shaun Shuxun, Wang, Wenbo, Xiong, Zehui   +5 more
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Blockchain Decision Path: When to Use Blockchains? Which blockchains do you mean? [PDF]

, 2019
Many organizations are looking at blockchain technologies. However, the drawbacks of blockchain databases (e.g., scalability, capacity, latency, privacy) mean that the technology is not always appropriate.
Beck, Roman, Pedersen, Asger Balle, Risius, Marten   +2 more
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Entrepreneurial State as a Creative Destroyer: Comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore's Creative Industries

Creativity and Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the limits of mission‐directed entrepreneurial states by drawing on the theory of recombinant innovation and F.A. Hayek's insights on the spontaneous growth of knowledge in society. First, the use of discretionary policymaking curtails the range of knowledge generated in the process of social interaction, limiting the scope
Bryan Cheang, Praharsh Mehrotra
wiley   +1 more source

When Intrusion Detection Meets Blockchain Technology: A Review [PDF]

, 2018
With the purpose of identifying cyber threats and possible incidents, intrusion detection systems (IDSs) are widely deployed in various computer networks.
Han, Jinguang, Meng, Weizhi, Tischhauser, Elmar Wolfgang, Wang, Qingju, Wang, Yu   +4 more
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Coalition Formation for Sustainable Blockchain Governance: Insights From the Hedera Case

Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable governance is essential for blockchain networks to achieve widespread adoption and deliver long‐term business value. Prior blockchain initiatives indicate that inadequate governance structures often lead to limited adoption or eventual project failure, underscoring the importance of decentralised governance for building resilient ...
Christophe Viguerie, Horst Treiblmaier
wiley   +1 more source

Make Social Media Social Again: How Platform Interoperability Can Fix Social Media and Future‐Proof Democracy

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay argues that social media document (rather than fuel) the decline of political democracy while helping revive organizational democracy, including through ‘decentralized autonomous organizations’ (DAOs). Yet, despite giving everyone a voice and the ability to organize across borders, social media could over‐concentrate power if, in ...
J.P. Vergne
wiley   +1 more source

Governance in the Blockchain Economy: A Framework and Research Agenda [PDF]

, 2018
Blockchain technology is often referred to as a groundbreaking innovation and the harbinger of a new economic era. Blockchains may be capable of engendering a new type of economic system: the blockchain economy.
Beck, Roman, King, John Leslie, Müller-Bloch, Christoph   +2 more
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