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ERF
Description
The integration of digital technologies, such as Blockchain, in business operations has enabled companies to improve their sustainability efforts by creating more resource efficiency and sustainability. In particular, Blockchain's features of transparency, decentralization, and tamper resistance make it an interesting research subject for sustainable supply chain and operations management. This research investigates the sustainable design of Blockchain technology in the context of a natural resource (water) trading platform. By employing effectuation and affordance theory, this study aims to identify the sustainable affordances related to Blockchain multi-sided platforms and codify them into design principles. The researchers aim to empirically identify the sustainable affordances of a Blockchain platform through collaboration with a start-up company implementing the technology to create a sustainable water trading platform. These affordances serve as the foundation for design principles for a sustainable Blockchain platform. The study adds to the growing body of literature on digital technologies' potential to enhance sustainability performance and emphasizes the importance of sustainability considerations in designing Blockchain platforms through affordance-based design.
Paper Number
1181
Recommended Citation
Buyssens, Hanna and Viaene, Stijn, "On the Design of a sustainable Blockchain Platform: An Affordance-Based Approach" (2023). AMCIS 2023 Proceedings. 1.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2023/sig_green/sig_green/1
On the Design of a sustainable Blockchain Platform: An Affordance-Based Approach
The integration of digital technologies, such as Blockchain, in business operations has enabled companies to improve their sustainability efforts by creating more resource efficiency and sustainability. In particular, Blockchain's features of transparency, decentralization, and tamper resistance make it an interesting research subject for sustainable supply chain and operations management. This research investigates the sustainable design of Blockchain technology in the context of a natural resource (water) trading platform. By employing effectuation and affordance theory, this study aims to identify the sustainable affordances related to Blockchain multi-sided platforms and codify them into design principles. The researchers aim to empirically identify the sustainable affordances of a Blockchain platform through collaboration with a start-up company implementing the technology to create a sustainable water trading platform. These affordances serve as the foundation for design principles for a sustainable Blockchain platform. The study adds to the growing body of literature on digital technologies' potential to enhance sustainability performance and emphasizes the importance of sustainability considerations in designing Blockchain platforms through affordance-based design.
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