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To Chain or Not to Chain? A Case from Energy Sector

Authors : Marinos Themistocleous, Kypros Stefanou, Christos Megapanos, Elias Iosif

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Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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During the last decade, Blockchain technology has attracted a lot of attention as it has the potential to disrupt the existing ecosystem and transform the way we do business. In this paper we investigate the energy supply chain and we examine the impact of the development of a blockchain solution in the area of solar energy. Our findings illustrate that blockchain technology can disrupt many areas of this sector including disruptions in the product, process, position and paradigm.

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Title: To Chain or Not to Chain? A Case from Energy Sector
Authors: Marinos Themistocleous
Kypros Stefanou
Christos Megapanos
Elias Iosif
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Information Systems
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-11394-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-11395-7

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11395-7_3

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