Blockchain for good?

Kewell, Beth; Adams, Richard; Parry, Glenn

Abstract

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The blockchain innovation appears to represent viable catalysts for achieving global sustainable development targets. Projects and initiatives seeking to extend the reach of distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) seem mostly intended for the benefit of for-profit businesses, governments, and consumers. DLT projects devised for the public good could aim, in theory, to fulfill the United Nation’s current sustainable development goals. Blockchain technology is being applied in ways that could transform this ambition for good into a practical reality.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 22, 2017
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jul 24, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 23, 2019
• Journal: Strategic Change
• Print ISSN: 1099-1697
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 429-437
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2143
• Keywords: blockchain, applications, UN SDG, UN sustainable development goals, good
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/882158
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2143
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Kewell, B., Adams, R. and Parry, G. (2017) Blockchain for good? Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance, 26 (5). pp. 429-437, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2143. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
• Contract Date: Jul 24, 2017