Description
PEARSON Blockchain For Business: Discover How Blockchain Networks Are Transforming Companies, Driving Growth, And Creating New Business Models First Edition by Jai Singh Arun , Jerry Cuomo , et al.
Blockchain technologies are transformational: they can enable enterprises to reinvent processes and business models, and pursue radically disruptive use cases. Many decision-makers and IT professionals don't understand blockchain others confuse it with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. This concise, accessible handbook brings clarity and pragmatism to blockchain technologies and opportunities. Written from a business perspective by three of IBM's leading consultants, it presents real-world examples that demonstrate what blockchain can and can't do. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience, the authors survey the technology's current state, introduce industry-specific and cross-industry use cases, review approaches to implementation and governance, and preview emerging capabilities all with a relentless focus on real business outcomes, and no hype.
Table of Content
Chapter 1: Introduction to Blockchain
Chapter 2: Opportunities and Challenges
Chapter 3: Understanding the Technology Landscape
Chapter 4: Business of Business Models
Chapter 5: Developing a Governance Structure for Blockchain Networks
Chapter 6: Building a Team to Drive Blockchain Projects
Chapter 7: Understanding Financial Models, Investment Rubrics, and Model Risk Frameworks
Chapter 8: Looking Ahead: What Does the Future Hold?
Salient Features
1. A team of IBM's leading blockchain consultants focus on real business outcomes and transformations
2. Understand blockchain technology, ecosystems, business models, implementation strategies, governance, and emerging capabilities
3. Explore a wide spectrum of industry-specific and cross-industry use cases