Blockchain and the potential of new business models: a systematic mapping

• Autor(a) principal: João, Belmiro N.
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Gestão e Projetos (GeP)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uninove.br/gep/article/view/11121
• topic: Blockchain, Business Models, Digital Currency, Bibliometrics, Text Analytics; Blockchain; Modelos de Negócios; Moeda Digital; Bibliometria; Text Analytics

Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) presents a wave of disruption caused by technology with enormous opportunities for future development. It is one of the fundamental inventions in the history of computer science. It presents a missing element on the Internet that is a trusted protocol. Being a disruptive technology, one seeks to find state of the art about the blockchain’s potential for business models. Analyzing the primary sources of references in research on blockchain and from 81 articles on the topic in the web of science in the period between 2016 and 2018. In this way, maps of the primary sources of literature, authors, research methods, countries, research networks, among others. The bibliometric and text analytics method was used for its development. With the various use of R software packages were used in proper coding. Current progress of blockchain technology, its limitations, and future trends were analyzed. Research shows that domestic research on the blockchain is in its infancy. Many of the international surveys still use qualitative analysis as a case study approach. Topics such as digital currency, Fintechs and the risk of blockchain technology among others will be the focus of future research.