Collection

Special Issue on "Blockchain and electronic commerce"

Submission status
Closed

Theme

Blockchains present opportunities to establish data security and trust and creates a new smart ecosystem as a decentralized infrastructure. Blockchain-related technologies play a vital role in the sustainable development of business, including electronic commerce (e-commerce). Their applications are attracting more attention. Decision-makers in business are increasingly looking to blockchain technologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and reduce risks. Blockchain creates synergies among multiple permissioned organizations, enabling us to create entirely new, higher-value business models (Alt, 2020; Podda & Pompianu, 2020). The opportune topics include the proven blockchain platforms that are already successful across businesses and industries, promoting growth and flexibility, open-source blockchain for the business platform that is transforming companies, driving growth, and creating new business models (IBM, 2021). Treiblmaier and Sillber (2021) reviewed topics they found important in e-commerce blockchain research. These included technological, legal, organizational/quality, and consumer-focused issues. Dong et al. (2021) discussed blockchain adoption in supply chain operations. Niu et al. (2021) addressed international supply chain operations affected by blockchains. These recent sources demonstrate attention given to blockchain impact on e-commerce.

Central issues and topics

This special issue provides an opportunity to bring together the research of scholars around the world to address issues related to electronic markets in blockchains. We welcome submissions on a wide variety of topics focusing on electronic markets in blockchains. Possible topics of submissions include, but are not limited, to the following:

Link of traditional marketing measures with novel decentralized infrastructures, e.g., digital couponing using blockchain.

Differences between e-commerce in blockchains and traditional e-commerce?

Specifics of processes for creating e-commerce in blockchains

Use of smart contracts as digital contracts for e-commerce

Assessment of decentralized e-commerce solutions (e.g. regarding speed, efficiency, accuracy, trust, transparency)

Synergies between decentralized and traditional e-commerce (e.g. hybrid strategies, challenges)

Cases on e-commerce using blockchain technologies

Analysis of specific framework requirements/limiting factors (e.g., regarding technical infrastructure)

Interorganizational integration and integration of other blockchain applications in e-commerce

Specifics of electronic markets such as infrastructure of users, rules, and regulation, and blockchain technology

We also welcome contributions addressing related topics not listed above (please contact the special issue editors, in that case, to discuss the fit prior to submission).

Submission

We encourage contributions with a broad range of methodological approaches, including conceptual, qualitative and quantitative research. We would also like to welcome authors publishing on the topic of Electronic Markets in Emerging blockchain with reference to electronic markets and networked business. All papers should fit Electronic Markets’ scope (www.electronicmarkets.org/about-em/scope/)

All papers will be peer-reviewed and should conform to Electronic Markets’ publication standards. Electronic Markets is an Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)-listed journal (IF 4.765 in 2020) in the area of information systems and supports methodological and theoretical pluralism, i.e., empirical or theoretical work, qualitative research, and design science are all welcome by the journal. If you would like to discuss any aspect of the special issue, please contact the guest editors.

All papers must be original, not published, or under review elsewhere. Papers must be submitted via our electronic submission system at elma.edmgr.com. Instructions, templates and general information are available at www.electronicmarkets.org/authors/general-information/.

The preferred average article length is approximately 8,000 words, excluding references.

Submission deadline for this special issue has expired on March 31, 2023. Guest editors are currently reviewing the papers. If accepted, they will be listed under this topical collection.

Contact:

Dr. Maria Madlberger, Webster Vienna Private University, Austria (Maria.Madlberger@webster.ac.at)

Dr. Run H. Niu, Webster University School of Business and Technology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (runniu68@webster.edu)

Dr. Ying Fan, University of Colorado, USA (yfan@uccs.edu)

References:

Alt, R. (2020). Electronic Markets on blockchain markets. Electronic Markets, 30(2), 181–188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-020-00428-1

Dong, C., Chen, C., Shi, Z.X., & Ng, C.T. (2021). Operations strategy for supply chain finance with asset-backed securitization: Centralization and blockchain adoption. International Journal of Production Economics, 241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108261

IBM Blockchain Platform (2021). https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/platform?utm_content=SRCWW&p1=Search&p4=43700050370593523&p5=e&gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI--qQ9OX89AIVB4TICh2nJwFLEAAYASAAEgL-KvD_BwE, Accessed February 1, 2022.

Niu, B., Mu, Z., Cao, B., & Gao, J. (2021). Should multinational firms implement blockchain to provide quality verification? Transportation Research: Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102121

Podda, A. S., & Pompianu, L. (2020). An overview of blockchain-based systems and smart contracts for digital coupons. ICSEW’20: Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, pp. 770-778. https://doi.org/10.1145/3387940.3391500

Treiblmaier, H., & Sillaber, C. (2021). The impact of blockchain on e-commerce: A framework for salient research topics. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 48(July–August). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2021.101054

Editors

  • Dr. Maria Madlberger Dr. Maria Madlberger , 

    Dr. Maria Madlberger

    Full Professor, Head of the Department of Business and Management, Webster Vienna Private University, Austria.

    She holds a doctoral degree and Venia Docendi in Business Administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Her research interests are linking digital technology and management. She focuses on the role of information technologies in b2b and b2c settings, such as technology-based supply chain collaboration, digital marketing, online consumer behavior, and omni-channel management. She is regularly involved in research cooperations with industry, especially in the FMCG sector.

  • Dr. Run Niu Dr. Run Niu  &

    Dr. Run Niu

    Webster University St. Louis, USA

    Professor of Operations Management. She received her Ph.D. degree in Management Science from the School of Business at the University of Alberta. Her research interests include applications of the Blockchain Technology in supply chain management, supply chain risk management, online review management, service recovery using social media and quality management, and joint decision problems on the interfaces of operations and marketing. Her teaching interests are operations management and management science related courses.

  • Dr. Ying Fan Dr. Ying Fan

    Dr. Ying Fan

    University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA

    Associate Professor of Operations Management. She received her Ph.D. in operations management from Ivey School of Business, Western University, Canada. Her current research interests include supply chain risk management, service operations, service recovery strategies, emergency response operations, and quality management. Her teaching focuses on Operations Management, Service Operations, and Business Analytics area. She is a member of Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) and Production and Operations Management Society (POMS).

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