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Blockchain to Rule the Waves - Nascent Design Principles for Reducing Risk and Uncertainty in Decentralized Environments

Through a bill-of-lading use case, the paper presents first evidence for four nascent design principles - digitization, tamper-proof storage, accessibility, and user authentication - that mitigate transactional risk and uncertainty in decentralized environments.

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Authors: Kristoffer Nærland, Christoph Müller-Bloch, Roman Beck, Søren Palmund
Year: 2017
Venue: ICIS 2017 Proceedings
Methodology: Design science research; use-case-driven prototype; industry-expert feedback; theory generation.
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Design knowledge: View design knowledge on GitHub

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Summary

Artifact

A blockchain prototype (bill of lading) for reducing transactional risk and uncertainty in international trade.

Methodology

Design science research; use-case-driven prototype; industry-expert feedback; theory generation.

DSR grid

Six dimensions represented in the current paper record.

Problem description

Reducing transactional risk and uncertainty in decentralized international-trade environments, illustrated with a bill-of-lading use case.

Input knowledge

Simon's sciences of the artificial (problem-solving); the existing knowledge base and data; blockchain - explicitly deriving nascent insights rather than following a single kernel theory.

Research process

Design science research: a use-case-driven prototype, industry-expert feedback, and theory generation (empirical grounding of nascent principles).

Key concepts

Blockchain, bill of lading, international trade, decentralized environments.

Solution description

A blockchain bill-of-lading prototype embodying four nascent design principles. Solution-space representation: Instantiation (prototype) plus nascent design principles.

Output knowledge

Four nascent design principles: digitization, tamper-proof storage, accessibility and user authentication.

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Design knowledge

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4 Design Principles

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DP1 - Digitization

All data is stored and exchanged digitally.

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DP2 - Tamper-proof storage

All changes made to the data that are stored in the system can be retraced.

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DP3 - Accessibility

The system can be accessed easily even by technically non-sophisticated stakeholders.

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DP4 - User authentication

All activities in the system can be traced back to certain users.

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