Blockchain-based connectivity within digital platforms and ecosystems in international business

IF 5.9 2区管理学 Q1 MANAGEMENT

Journal of International Management Pub Date : 2023-12-06 DOI:10.1016/j.intman.2023.101109

Aušrinė Šilenskytė , Jurgita Butkevičienė , Andrius Bartminas

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Abstract

Digital globalization enabled by disruptive technologies has opened a myriad of ways to create value, warranting a cross-disciplinary research agenda on digital connectivity in international business (IB). Given the scarcity of understanding about the role of specific technologies enabling value creation through digital connectivity, we investigate how blockchain-based digital connectivity shapes value creation in international digital platforms and ecosystems (DPEs). Building on a comparative empirical analysis of international DPEs enabled by different types of blockchain technology, we develop a typology of blockchain-based connectivity in IB. The typology demonstrates how different blockchain technology types enable different kinds of connectivity, resulting in diverse approaches to value creation within newly emerging forms of DPEs. These findings contextualize the concept of digital connectivity, enabling more precise explanations of blockchain's adoption in DPEs, and expand the conceptualization of DPEs, with three new types emerging from the utilization of blockchain-based connectivity. Moreover, this interdisciplinary explanation reveals why certain features theoretically attributed to blockchain (e.g., decentralization, trust) do not always realize or support value creation in practice in IB based on the DPE business model.

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国际商业数字平台和生态系统中基于区块链的连接性

颠覆性技术带来的数字全球化开辟了无数种创造价值的途径，因此有必要对国际商业（IB）中的数字连接性进行跨学科研究。鉴于对通过数字连通性创造价值的特定技术的作用缺乏了解，我们研究了基于区块链的数字连通性如何塑造国际数字平台和生态系统（DPEs）中的价值创造。在对不同类型的区块链技术促成的国际 DPE 进行比较实证分析的基础上，我们对 IB 中基于区块链的连通性进行了分类。该类型学展示了不同类型的区块链技术如何实现不同类型的连通性，从而在新出现的 DPE 形式中产生不同的价值创造方法。这些发现将数字连通性的概念背景化，从而能够更准确地解释区块链在 DPE 中的应用，并扩展了 DPE 的概念化，利用基于区块链的连通性产生了三种新类型。此外，这种跨学科解释揭示了为什么理论上归因于区块链的某些特征（如去中心化、信任）在基于 DPE 商业模式的 IB 实践中并不总是能够实现或支持价值创造。

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Journal of International Management MANAGEMENT-

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9.80%

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81 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of International Management is devoted to advancing an understanding of issues in the management of global enterprises, global management theory, and practice; and providing theoretical and managerial implications useful for the further development of research. It is designed to serve an audience of academic researchers and educators, as well as business professionals, by publishing both theoretical and empirical research relating to international management and strategy issues. JIM publishes theoretical and empirical research addressing international business strategy, comparative and cross-cultural management, risk management, organizational behavior, and human resource management, among others.