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Vol. 2 Issue 2

Synopsis: A Bit about Blockchain

Note from the editor: The following article was adapted from an honors thesis entitled The Digital Global Supply Chain: The Growing Case for Blockchain Technology Expansion Within Global Supply Chain written by the author. The full text is available on the ScholarsArchive website. What is Blockchain? What is Blockchain? Blockchain is a decentralized and digitally distributed ledger or database of records and transactions that facilitates … Continue reading Synopsis: A Bit about Blockchain

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Vol. 2 Issue 2

Synopsis: A Digital Global Supply Chain

The Digital Global Supply Chain: The Growing Case for Blockchain Technology Expansion Within Global Supply Chain By Jonathan Chichoni Note from the editor: The following article was adapted from an honors thesis of the same name written by the author. The full text is available on the ScholarsArchive website. Also, for further background explanations on blockchain data storage technology, the reader is directed to “A … Continue reading Synopsis: A Digital Global Supply Chain

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Vol. 2 Issue 2

A Bit About Blockchain

Note from the editor: The following article was adapted from an honors thesis entitled The Digital Global Supply Chain: The Growing Case for Blockchain Technology Expansion Within Global Supply Chain written by the author. The full text is available on the ScholarsArchive website. What is Blockchain? Blockchain is a decentralized and digitally distributed ledger or database of records and transactions that facilitates the process of … Continue reading A Bit About Blockchain

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Vol. 2 Issue 2

The Digital Global Supply Chain: The Growing Case for Blockchain Technology Expansion Within Global Supply Chain

By Jonathan Chichoni Note from the editor: The following article was adapted from an honors thesis of the same name written by the author. The full text is available on the ScholarsArchive website. Also, for further background explanations on blockchain data storage technology, the reader is directed to “A Bit about Blockchain,” located in this issue of MSR, or “Strategic Implications of Blockchain” from MSR … Continue reading The Digital Global Supply Chain: The Growing Case for Blockchain Technology Expansion Within Global Supply Chain

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Vol. 2 Issue 2

Editor’s Letter – A Bright Future

The promise of a bright future is a theme endorsed by theologians, philosophers, politicians, lovers, and entrepreneurs. Looking forward to a better tomorrow is an enduring trait for the optimist who sees, even in tragedy, the bright future ahead. In business, opportunities are often determined by passion, drive, and persuasion in delivering a brilliant vision for future opportunities. Nancy Duarte describes the power business people … Continue reading Editor’s Letter – A Bright Future

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Vol. 2 Issue 1

Buzzwords

By Evan D. Poff 1. Blockchain A way of storing data that provides users with a decentralized, anonymous, reliable transaction ledger. This enables users to have a public record of the ownership of resources such as Bitcoin such that others cannot falsify or hide previous transactions. Other applications may include collaborative legal documents that stay up to date and identity verification methods. 2. Cryptocurrency An alternative … Continue reading Buzzwords

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Vol. 2 Issue 1

Strategic Implications of Block Chain

By William Adams Introduction For much of 2016 and 2017, the finance and technology communities were abuzz with the potential of blockchain. Now as the public catches up and blockchain gains the attention of the mainstream media, leaders must quickly grasp the fundamentals of this technology to understand its implications for their businesses. Following the launch of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin in January 2009, banks and … Continue reading Strategic Implications of Block Chain

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Vol. 2 Issue 1

Blockchain: Technical Review

By Evan D. Poff Building blocks called “data structures” compose every kind of database. Data structures establish the rules for creating, storing, modifying, and managing digital information in the systems that utilize them. Thus, implementing a database with one variety of structure will yield different functionalities than a database constructed with another. In the same way that computers have operating systems like Windows, macOS, and Linux … Continue reading Blockchain: Technical Review

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