Blockchain for Business

10 Blockchain and business models

DOI: 10.4324/9781003321187-13

Learning goals

• 10.A The reader can describe the notion of a (digitally enabled) business model and can discuss it in the broader context of electronic business.
• 10.B The reader can explain the importance of trustworthy information processing in the context of business models.
• 10.C The reader can explain several ways in which blockchain enables specific types of innovative business models and can classify business models.
• 10.D The reader can design drafts of new blockchain-enabled business models, which can be the basis for further detailed design work.

10.1 What is a business model?

In this section, we explain what a business model is. First, we have a look at the concept ...