Understanding manager resistance to blockchain systems

Walsh, Clara; O’Reilly, Philip; Gleasure, Rob; McAvoy, John; O’Leary, Kevin C.

doi:10.1016/j.emj.2020.10.001

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“…In (13)- (14), the ramp up/down rates for the DGs are considered and the lower up and down time constraints are preserved in (15)- (16). In order to model the battery storage in the interconnected microgrids, constraints (17)- (23) are incorporated in the model. The lower and upper charging/discharging rates for the storage units are represented by (17) and (18), the total storage capacity is constrained by (19) and (20), the timing constraints for the charging/discharging are shown in (21) and (22), and the charging/discharging modes of the energy storage system is represented by (23) as a binary variable.…”

Section: B) Operation Constraintsmentioning

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“…Therefore, this article gives a special focus on the optimal scheduling of interconnected microgrids based on the blockchain technology to guarantee the security and optimality of the scheduling solutions. Blockchain, represents an increasing list of data blocks connected to each other through cryptography [23]. In this way, each block has the previous block hash and thus, this links all blocks in a secured way.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Secured Social-Economic Framework Based on PEM-Blockchain for Optimal Scheduling of Reconfigurable Interconnected Microgrids

Yin¹,

Hajjiah

Jermsittiparsert³

et al. 2021

IEEE Access

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Optimal scheduling of reconfigurable interconnected microgrids is a precious and critical task for the residential consumers especially with the integration of renewable energy sources, dispatchable units and energy storage systems. In this regard, not only the optimal scheduling of the microgrids in a realistic and correlated environment is a necessity, but also the guarantied security and the prevention of cyber-attacks are mandatory tasks for the operators. This article first addresses these issues by developing a novel framework based on blockchain for secured data transaction from the individual microgrids' components to the central control unit and then tries to find the optimal scheduling plan using stochastic programming based on point estimate method (PEM). Through such a hybrid PEM-blockchain based framework, the interconnected microgrids can supply the residential loads in a fully reliable, economic and secured structure. We also consider a social-economic framework to not only minimize the total operating cost of the microgrids, but also benefit the customers by enhancing the social factors through the optimal switching. Considering the complex and nonlinear nature of the problem, an effective corrected crow search (CCS) algorithm is deployed to find the most optimal operating point for the microgrids. The quality and capabilities of the proposed model are investigated using a practical residential interconnected microgrid. The results show that the optimal switching could reduce the total operation cost from $22,716 to $21,935 (3.56% reduction). Also, the average energy not supplied (AENS) has reduced from 1.4115 to 1.352 kWh/customer.yr (4.40% reduction), which are notable values. The results advocate the quality and functionality of the proposed framework.

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Section: B) Operation Constraintsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Secured Social-Economic Framework Based on PEM-Blockchain for Optimal Scheduling of Reconfigurable Interconnected Microgrids

Yin¹,

Hajjiah

Jermsittiparsert³

et al. 2021

IEEE Access

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“…Blockchain technology is still perceived as a rather immature technology, therefore implementing it comes with certain risks (Lacity 2018). Our literature review disclosed that organizational technology adoption is an emerging topic, therefore managers' perspectives concerning blockchain are highly important to ensure its adoption in service organizations (Dozier & Montgomery 2019;Karamchandani et al 2020;Walsh et al 2020). Walsh et al (2020) studied how managers evaluate blockchain-based systems' value in financial service organizations and developed a model to explain many managers' resistance to blockchain implementation.…”

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“…Our literature review disclosed that organizational technology adoption is an emerging topic, therefore managers' perspectives concerning blockchain are highly important to ensure its adoption in service organizations (Dozier & Montgomery 2019;Karamchandani et al 2020;Walsh et al 2020). Walsh et al (2020) studied how managers evaluate blockchain-based systems' value in financial service organizations and developed a model to explain many managers' resistance to blockchain implementation. Contrary to the authors' expectations, perceived costs of switching did not appear to explain their resistance.…”

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Blockchain in Service Management and Service Research - Developing a Research Agenda and Managerial Implications

Rikken¹,

Janssen²,

Kwee³

et al. 2021

SMR

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As blockchain technology is maturing to be confidently used in practice, its applications are becoming evident and, correspondingly, more blockchain research is being published, also extending to more domains than before. To date, scientific research in the field has predominantly focused on subject areas such as finance, computer science, and engineering, while the area of service management has largely neglected this topic. Therefore, we invited a group of renowned scholars from different academic fields to share their views on emerging topics regarding blockchain in service management and service research. Their individual commentaries and conceptual contributions refer to different theoretical and domain perspectives, including managerial implications for service companies as well as forward-looking suggestions for further research.

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Blockchain for requirements traceability: A qualitative approach

Demi

Sánchez‐Gordón

Kristiansen

2022

J Software Evolu Process

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Blockchain technology has emerged as a “disruptive innovation” that has received significant attention in academic and organizational settings. However, most of the existing research is focused on technical issues of blockchain systems, overlooking the organizational perspective. This study adopted a grounded theory to unveil the blockchain implementation process in organizations from the lens of blockchain experts. The results revealed three main categories: key activities, success factors, and challenges related to blockchain implementation in organizations, the latter being identified as the core category, along with 17 other concepts. Findings suggested that the majority of blockchain projects stop at the pilot stage and outlined organizational resistance to change as the core challenge. According to the experts, the following factors contribute to the organizational resistance to change: innovation–production gap, conservative management, and centralized mentality. The study aims to contribute to the existing blockchain literature by providing a holistic and domain‐agnostic view of the blockchain implementation process in organizational settings. This can potentially encourage the development and implementation of blockchain solutions and guide practitioners who are interested in leveraging the inherent benefits of this technology. In addition, the results are used to improve a blockchain‐enabled requirements traceability framework proposed in our previous paper.

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Understanding manager resistance to blockchain systems

Cited by 48 publications

References 41 publications

A Secured Social-Economic Framework Based on PEM-Blockchain for Optimal Scheduling of Reconfigurable Interconnected Microgrids

A Secured Social-Economic Framework Based on PEM-Blockchain for Optimal Scheduling of Reconfigurable Interconnected Microgrids

Blockchain in Service Management and Service Research - Developing a Research Agenda and Managerial Implications

Blockchain for requirements traceability: A qualitative approach

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