O'Reilly

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Although blockchain technology is still in its early days, momentum has been building in the enterprise. While there has been much focus on blockchains in banking and payments, its impact has already extended far beyond finance. Their work could inspire innovations in other spaces with similar characteristics. In the U.S.,

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Blockchain Retail Innovation Healthcare 63

O'Reilly

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Blockchains have a uniquely tumultuous early history for an enterprise technology—from a mysterious origin story, to a sensational first application in bitcoin, to a swift fall from a particularly frothy hype cycle. Blockchain technology provides the encrypted distributed ledger that made the first cryptocurrency, bitcoin, possible.

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Blockchain IoT Logistics Internet 68

The Agile Manager

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

." -- Ned Flanders' mom, "The Simpsons", season 8 episode 8: Hurricane Neddy We're constantly being told by the popular business press that we live in an "ideas economy," where survival is a function of disruption because consumer behaviors and emerging technologies are conspiring to obsolete the economics of established businesses.

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Innovation Retail Blockchain Transportation 40

The Agile Manager

JANUARY 31, 2016

The thinking was that by owning the supply chain from raw materials to retail outlets, a firm had direct control over its entire cost structure, making it better able to squeeze efficiencies out of it and being less susceptible to supply shocks. As far back as the 19th century, industrial firms pursued vertical integration strategies.

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