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Intro -- Vorwort -- Ein Blick in die Zukunft: Werden wir alle Maschinenmenschen? -- 1. Technologische Singularität -- Das 1x1 der Digitalisierung -- 2. Bits & Bytes -- 3. Hardware -- 4. Software -- 5. Programmieren -- 6. Netzwerke -- 7. Internet -- 8. World Wide Web -- 9. Cloud -- 10. Exponentielles Wachstum -- 11. Digitale Disruption -- 12. Silicon Valley -- 13. Silicon Germany - die deutsche Digitalszene -- 14. Der digitale Arbeitsmodus: Design Thinking & MVPs -- 15. Venture Capital & Co. -- Das Internet aus Sicht von ­Privatnutzern und Unternehmen -- 16. Online-Trends -- 17. Monetarisierungsmodelle im Internet -- 18. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) -- 19. Search Engine Advertising (SEA) & Google Adsense -- 20. Content-, Social-Media- & Influencer-Marketing, Bots -- 21. Online-Sales -- Die Schattenseiten des Netzes -- 22. Die Millennial-Diskussion -- 23. Filterblasen -- 24. Fake News -- 25. Trolle -- 26. Viren, Würmer und andere Schadsoftware -- 27. NSA und Datenüberwachung -- 28. Darknet -- Die zehn wichtigsten digitalen ­Technologietrends -- 29. Internet of Things -- 30. Big Data -- 31. Virtual Reality -- 32. Augmented Reality -- 33. 3-D-Druck -- 34. Blockchain und Bitcoin -- 35. Künstliche Intelligenz -- 36. Robotik -- 37. Nanotechnologie -- 38. Biotechnologie -- 39. Unausweichliche Entwicklungsstränge -- Der Einfluss der Digitalisierung auf ausgewählte Lebensbereiche -- 40. Smart Home -- 41. Sexualität -- 42. Smart Health -- 43. Autonomes Fahren -- 44. Industrie 4.0 -- 45. Arbeitsmarkt & Wohlstand -- 46. Identität -- 47. Vom Homo Sapiens zum Homo Deus -- 48. Menschheit in Gefahr -- Der Weg in eine menschenfreundliche digitale Zukunft -- 49. Digitale Ethik -- 50. Handlungsoptionen -- Danksagung -- Anmerkungen -- Stichwortverzeichnis

Blockchain technology enables the creation of decentralized currencies, decentralized applications powered by smart contracts, self-executing digital agreements, and intelligent assets that can be controlled over the Internet. Blockchains also enable the development of new governance systems with more democratic or participatory decision-making, and decentralized (autonomous) organizations that can operate over a network of computers without any human intervention. These applications have led many to compare the blockchain to the Internet, with accompanying predictions that this technology will shift the balance of power away from centralized authorities in the field of communications, business, and even politics or law. Blockchain and the Law explores the benefits and drawbacks of this emerging decentralized technology and argues that its widespread deployment will lead to expansion of what we term lex cryptographia: rules administered through self-executing smart contracts.--

The product of a unique collaboration between academic scholars, legal practitioners, and technology experts, this Handbook is the first of its kind to analyze the ongoing evolution of smart contracts, based upon blockchain technology, from the perspective of existing legal frameworks - namely, contract law. The book's coverage ranges across many areas of smart contracts and electronic or digital platforms to illuminate the impact of new, and often disruptive, technologies on the law. With a mix of scholarly commentary and practical application, chapter authors provide expert insights on the core issues involving the use of smart contracts, concluding that smart contracts cannot supplant contract law and the courts, but leaving open the question of whether there is a need for specialized regulations to prevent abuse. This book should be read by anyone interested in the disruptive effect of new technologies on the law generally, and contract law in particular

This book contributes to blockchain applications in food supply chain management from both theoretical and practical perspectives. By using the case study research method, it empirically investigates why and how food companies implement blockchain technology. Moreover, it proposes a conceptual framework based on the case findings and extant literature. The book provides empirical evidence to verify academic findings such as critical success factors and barriers. Furthermore, it identifies the implementation process to answer the 'how' question. Uniquely, it applies the innovation process model and the practice-based view (PBV) to studies on food supply chains and blockchain. Thus, building on the original model and theory, it enriches the theory on blockchain implementation, making it a valuable asset for all researchers and practitioners interested in blockchain adoption and food supply chain management.

Introduction -- Technologies of choosing -- A framework for institutional collective choice -- Delegating the vote -- Bargaining and exchange in a cryptodemocracy -- Cryptodemocratic corporate governance -- Cryptodemocratic labor unions -- The future of a cryptodemocracy.

Combining two different actor-network theory perspectives and relying on the single case study methodology, this book offers important empirical evidence and managerial implications on the use of blockchain for accounting and control purposes. Exploring the first agro-food European case of blockchain application for supply chain management, this research work is among the pioneers in analysing the interaction between this new technology and traditional management accounting and control practices.

While creating new forms (Shari'ah-compliant standards) to operationalize Islamic values and ethics into the current conventional economic system and banking products is crucial to sustain the Islamic economy as it is today, we also need to develop new strategies to cope with the next economic evolution. The digital revolution in financial services is under way, and digital disruption has the potential to shrink the role and relevance of today's banks, while simultaneously creating better, faster, cheaper services that will be an essential part of everyday life. This forward-looking book discusses the crucial innovation, structural and institutional development for financial technologies (fintech) in Islamic finance. The authors explain concepts in fintech and blockchain technology and follow through with their applications, challenges and evolving nature. The book provides insights into technology which will enable and enhance actual prescribed Islamic behaviors in modern economic transactions. Case studies highlight how to cope with modern transactional behavior with the advent of global online/mobile markets, shorter attention spans, and impersonal trade exchange.

"Supply chain management, often known as SCM, refers to the extensive variety of operations that are required to plan, monitor, and coordinate the movement of a product from its raw materials to its finished state in the most time- and money efficient manner possible. How the supply chain is managed has an impact not only on the quality of the product and the service but also on distribution, costs, and the overall customer experience. Supply chain management is a massive undertaking that needs firms to reevaluate the method in which they operate their supply chains. This book discusses the problems and difficulties that the facilitators of the supply chain confront, in addition to the possible solutions to such problems and difficulties. This book will be the only one of its kind to address the impact of COVID-19 on supply chain systems involving different stakeholders such as producers, dealers, and manufacturers, will provide a foundation for future research opportunities that will allow for the unrestricted expansion and prosperity of business. This book will serve as a foundation for academics, scientists, and educationists interested in the use of modern technologies in the field of supply chain management, such as the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain. In addition to those engaged in research, undergraduate and postgraduate students in higher education are also able to use this publication as a reference book. This book would present a multifaceted perspective for the general public, including topics such as computer science, the food business, hotel management, fashion, medical, inventory management, and agricultural spheres"--

Society 5.0 is a human-centered community where integrated systems operate throughout society to secure comfort in all aspects of life, from energy and medical care, to education, work, and leisure. Blockchain technologies enable the streamlining of supply chain processes and information sharing among various industries. This book presents recent research on the adaptation and implementation of Blockchain technologies in supply chain management in Society 5.0. It discusses different applications of blockchain, its important role in connecting information technology and artificial intelligence with human lives, the challenges, and the future of supply chain management for societal improvements.

This book investigates how the Blockchain Technology (BCT) for Supply Chain Finance (SCF) programs allows businesses to come together in partnerships and accelerate cash flows throughout the supply chain. BCT promises to change the way individuals and corporations exchange value and information over the Internet, and is perfectly positioned to enable new levels of collaboration among the supply chain actors. The book reveals new opportunities stemming from the application of BCT to SCF financing solutions, particularly reverse factoring - or approved payables financing. To do so, it first identifies the principal barriers and pain points in delivering financing solutions. Then, a possible blockchain-driven supply chain model is defined. Using this framework, the book subsequently discusses relevant use cases for the technology, which could open up new opportunities in the SCF space. It demonstrates that blockchain and distributed ledgers technologies could deliver substantial benefits for all parties involved in SCF transactions, promising to expedite the processes and lower the overall costs of financing programs. Industry giants such as IBM, Maersk, China-based Dianrong and FnConn (a Foxconn subsidiary) are currently working to digitize the global, cross-border supply chain using blockchain technology, and will likely soon create blockchain platforms for supply chain finance. These solutions aim to reduce complexity and make data sharing more secure, accurate and efficient. This book offers a highly topical resource for stakeholders across the entire supply chain, helping them prepare for the upcoming technological revolution.

Following the success of the first edition that brought attention to the digital revolution in Islamic financial services, comes this revised and updated second edition of Blockchain, Fintech and Islamic Finance. The authors reiterate the potential of digital disruption to shrink the role and relevance of today's banks, while simultaneously creating better, faster, cheaper services that will be an essential part of everyday life. Digital transformation will also offer the ability to create new ways to better comply to Islamic values in order to rebuild trust and confidence in the current financial system. In this new edition, they explore current concepts of decentralized finance (DeFi), distributed intelligence, stablecoins, and the integration of AI, blockchain, data analytics and IoT devices for a holistic solution to ensure technology adoption in a prudent and sustainable manner. The book discusses crucial innovation, structural and institutional developments for financial technologies including two fast-growing trends that merge and complement each other: tokenization, where all illiquid assets in the world, from private equity to real estate and luxury goods, become liquid and can be traded more efficiently, and second, the rise of a new tokenized economy where inevitably new rules and ways to enforce them will develop to fully unleash their capabilities. These complementary and oft-correlated trends will complete the decentralization of finance and will influence the way future financial services will be implemented. This book provides insights into the shift in processes, as well as the challenges that need to be overcome for practical applications for AI and blockchain and how to approach such innovations. It also covers new technological risks that are the consequence of utilizing frontier technologies such as AI, blockchain and IoT. Industry leaders, Islamic finance professionals, along with students and academics in the fields of Islamic finance and economics will benefit immensely from this book.