Roman Beck – författare

This illuminating Encyclopedia presents a comprehensive overview of cryptocurrencies, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, clarifying developing terminology in order to provide a key reference point for navigating this evolving domain.This Encyclopedia not only documents an ecosystem in flux, but it also builds a shared language capable of supporting responsible innovation and governance. It defines core terms such as decentralized, token and smart contract, providing necessary insights into foundational technologies including blockchain architectures, cryptographic mechanisms and distributed consensus protocols. Contributing authors highlight topics of debate, such as NFTs and sandwich attacks, creating a framework for further inquiry.The Elgar Encyclopedia of Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and DLT is an essential resource for scholars and students of economics, finance, business and management, innovation and technology. It is also beneficial for policymakers and technology practitioners who are interested in navigating decentralized futures with conceptual precision.Key Features:Adopts technical, historical, philosophical and social perspectivesSituates terms in their broader technical and sociopolitical contextsPresents curated, peer-reviewed and contextually grounded entriesContains entries that are not only scholarly and technical, but also concise and accessible

This illuminating Encyclopedia presents a comprehensive overview of cryptocurrencies, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, clarifying developing terminology in order to provide a key reference point for navigating this evolving domain.This Encyclopedia not only documents an ecosystem in flux, but it also builds a shared language capable of supporting responsible innovation and governance. It defines core terms such as decentralized, token and smart contract, providing necessary insights into foundational technologies including blockchain architectures, cryptographic mechanisms and distributed consensus protocols. Contributing authors highlight topics of debate, such as NFTs and sandwich attacks, creating a framework for further inquiry.The Elgar Encyclopedia of Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and DLT is an essential resource for scholars and students of economics, finance, business and management, innovation and technology. It is also beneficial for policymakers and technology practitioners who are interested in navigating decentralized futures with conceptual precision.Key Features:Adopts technical, historical, philosophical and social perspectivesSituates terms in their broader technical and sociopolitical contextsPresents curated, peer-reviewed and contextually grounded entriesContains entries that are not only scholarly and technical, but also concise and accessible

This illuminating Encyclopedia presents a comprehensive overview of cryptocurrencies, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, clarifying developing terminology in order to provide a key reference point for navigating this evolving domain.This Encyclopedia not only documents an ecosystem in flux, but it also builds a shared language capable of supporting responsible innovation and governance. It defines core terms such as decentralized, token and smart contract, providing necessary insights into foundational technologies including blockchain architectures, cryptographic mechanisms and distributed consensus protocols. Contributing authors highlight topics of debate, such as NFTs and sandwich attacks, creating a framework for further inquiry.The Elgar Encyclopedia of Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and DLT is an essential resource for scholars and students of economics, finance, business and management, innovation and technology. It is also beneficial for policymakers and technology practitioners who are interested in navigating decentralized futures with conceptual precision.Key Features:Adopts technical, historical, philosophical and social perspectivesSituates terms in their broader technical and sociopolitical contextsPresents curated, peer-reviewed and contextually grounded entriesContains entries that are not only scholarly and technical, but also concise and accessible

This edited collection offers a number of contributions from leading scholars investigating Blockchain and its implications for business. Focusing on the transformation of the overall value chain, the sections cover the foundations of Blockchain, its drivers and barriers, business modelling and a range of examples from industry. Using a number of theoretical and methodological approaches, this innovative publication aims to further the cause of this ground-breaking technology and its use within information technology, supply chain and wider business management research.

This edited collection offers a number of contributions from leading scholars investigating Blockchain and its implications for business. Focusing on the transformation of the overall value chain, the sections cover the foundations of Blockchain, its drivers and barriers, business modelling and a range of examples from industry. Using a number of theoretical and methodological approaches, this innovative publication aims to further the cause of this ground-breaking technology and its use within information technology, supply chain and wider business management research.

The second volume of this edited collection offers a number of contributions from leading scholars investigating Blockchain and its implications for business. Focusing on the transformation of the overall value chain, the sections cover the foundations of Blockchain and its sustainability, social and legal applications. It features a variety of use cases, from tourism to healthcare. Using a number of theoretical and methodological approaches, this innovative publication aims to further the cause of this ground-breaking technology and its use within information technology, supply chain and wider business management research.

The second volume of this edited collection offers a number of contributions from leading scholars investigating Blockchain and its implications for business. Focusing on the transformation of the overall value chain, the sections cover the foundations of Blockchain and its sustainability, social and legal applications. It features a variety of use cases, from tourism to healthcare. Using a number of theoretical and methodological approaches, this innovative publication aims to further the cause of this ground-breaking technology and its use within information technology, supply chain and wider business management research.

Transparenz gehört zu den Schlüsselbegriffen unserer Zeit. Mit moralischem Impetus wird der Begriff immer dann bemüht, wenn Machenschaften verheimlicht bzw. wichtige Informationen zurückgehalten werden. Doch entgegen seines geradezu inflationären Gebrauchs ist das Transparenzkonzept in philosophischer, insbesondere in ethischer Perspektive nahezu unerforscht geblieben. Was genau ist eigentlich gemeint, wenn etwas transparent gemacht werden soll? Wie kann diese Forderung überhaupt ethisch begründet werden? Die vorliegende Studie nimmt sich des Desiderats einer Grundlegung an und konkretisiert die Antworten für den Bereich der biomedizinischen Forschung - ein Bereich, in dem Intransparenz gravierende Konsequenzen haben kann.

Interreligiosität, Interkulturalität und Dialog sind heute Schlüsselkategorien einer weltkirchlich ausgerichteten Theologie. Im kreativen Umfeld der Theologie der Religionen gibt es vielfältige Ansätze, die diese Entwicklung der interreligiösen Öffnung aufgreifen und theologisch entfalten. In diesem Band werden Komparative Theologie und Israeltheologie in den Blick genommen.Beide Ansätze entziehen sich den gängigen Schematisierungen der religionstheologischen Pluralismusdebatte. Während die Komparative Theologie einzelne Glaubensüberzeugungen verschiedener Binnenperspektiven interreligiös erschließt, argumentiert die Israeltheologie biblisch für einen vollgültigen Heilsweg des Judentums.

Es ist erstaunlich, dass die Kirche bis zur Enzyklika "Laudato si" zurückhaltend mit globalen Herausforderungen wie Klimawandel, Migrationsströme etc. umgegangen ist, denn sie betreffen die Menschen zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts existentiell. Dabei könnte die Kirche aufgrund ihrer globalen Vernetzung und lokalen Verwurzelung wesentliche Impulse leisten. Aber was genau könnte ein christlicher Beitrag für eine nachhaltige Weltentwicklung und Transformation unserer Gesellschaft sein? Besteht ein christlicher Auftrag – eine "Mission" – zur aktiven Gestaltung einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung?

Modern communication channels together with new electronic media stan­ dards are constantly changing traditional interaction patterns of humans and even machines In an increasingly globalized and networked world. Such a communication-based interaction is of pivotal economic importance in order to manage efficiently inter-organizational cooperation and business information flows. Consequently, the availability of generally accepted electronic commu­ nication standards is essential in order to decrease communication-related transaction costs. Roman Beck elaborates in his dissertation The Network(ed) Economy the im­ portance of the so far independently from each other discussed diffusion the­ ory on the one hand and network effect theory on the other hand. However, Roman Beck not only connects the two theories epistemologically, but also develops and extends those theories by providing a network diffusion model. The core of his model is the so-called network effect helix, where a dynamic and self-enforcing interplay between direct and indirect network effects is de­ ployed to simulate diffusion patterns and paths of communication standards. In his analysis, Roman Beck especially focused on the critical diffusion period be­ tween the market launch of a new communication standard and (in case of a successful diffusion) the achievement of a critical mass of adopters. His re­ search results and consequently the chosen title of the thesis are capable to il­ lustrate the overall topic of his work in the interesting area between an incom­ pletely interconnected "networked economy" on the one hand and a com­ pletely interconnected "network economy".