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Published inJun 2018
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ISBN-139781788994521
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Nitin Gaur
Nitin Gaur
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Nitin Gaur

Nitin Gaur, is the director of IBM's Blockchain Labs, and an IBM Distinguished Engineer.
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Luc Desrosiers
Luc Desrosiers
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Luc Desrosiers

Luc Desrosiers is an IBM-certified IT architect with 20+ years of experience.
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Venkatraman Ramakrishna
Venkatraman Ramakrishna
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Venkatraman Ramakrishna

Venkatraman Ramakrishna is an IBM researcher, with a BTech from IIT Kharagpur and PhD from UCLA.
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Petr Novotny
Petr Novotny
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Petr Novotny

Petr Novotny is a research scientist at IBM Research, with an MSc from University College London and PhD from Imperial College London, where he was also a post-doctoral research associate.
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Salman A. Baset
Salman A. Baset
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Salman A. Baset

Dr. Salman A. Baset is the CTO of security in IBM Blockchain Solutions.
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Anthony O'Dowd
Anthony O'Dowd
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Anthony O'Dowd

Anthony O'Dowd is a Distinguished Engineer at IBM, focusing on Blockchain. He led IBM's contribution to the design and development of the new smart contract and application SDKs found in Hyperledger Fabric v2. Anthony has also made significant contributions to Hyperledger Fabric documentation and samples.
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Exploring the business models


A business model focusses on creating a structure that describes the flow of how an organization creates and captures value in a market.

In the context of a business network, it is interesting to look at the value chain and understand where that value originates. What makes a blockchain network so appealing from a financial perspective? Well, as we have seen in Chapter 1, Blockchain—Enterprise and Industry Perspective, blockchain technologies offer an opportunity to solve the issues of time and trust, thereby reducing inefficiencies and operational costs.

Blockchain benefits

What types of benefit can come from addressing the issues of time and trust? Let's look at a few examples of where and how these benefits can be implemented in the following sections.

Supply chain management

The supply chain is made up of many actors, from the producer to the logistic service providers, port authority, manufacturer, and ultimately, the consumer. The industry must deal with a...

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Authors (6)

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Nitin Gaur

Nitin Gaur, is the director of IBM's Blockchain Labs, and an IBM Distinguished Engineer.
Read more about Nitin Gaur

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Luc Desrosiers

Luc Desrosiers is an IBM-certified IT architect with 20+ years of experience.
Read more about Luc Desrosiers

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Venkatraman Ramakrishna

Venkatraman Ramakrishna is an IBM researcher, with a BTech from IIT Kharagpur and PhD from UCLA.
Read more about Venkatraman Ramakrishna

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Petr Novotny

Petr Novotny is a research scientist at IBM Research, with an MSc from University College London and PhD from Imperial College London, where he was also a post-doctoral research associate.
Read more about Petr Novotny

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Salman A. Baset

Dr. Salman A. Baset is the CTO of security in IBM Blockchain Solutions.
Read more about Salman A. Baset

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Anthony O'Dowd

Anthony O'Dowd is a Distinguished Engineer at IBM, focusing on Blockchain. He led IBM's contribution to the design and development of the new smart contract and application SDKs found in Hyperledger Fabric v2. Anthony has also made significant contributions to Hyperledger Fabric documentation and samples.
Read more about Anthony O'Dowd