Blockchain Babel

<p><b>WINNER: </b> Independent Press Award 2020 - Technology Category <p/>Blockchain is the technology behind bitcoin and other crypto-currencies. According to Santander it could save financial institutions $15-20bn a year from 2022 onward. Most experts see an unprecedented potential but many banks payment processors and credit card companies fret that bitcoin entrepreneurs could cast a pall over their core business. Whatever the position of blockchain many voices are shouting from different angles creating a cacophony of confusion including tech-evangelists anarcho-libertarians and industry experts. But while everybody in IT and banking seems to have an opinion on the blockchain there is little systematic research no strategic analysis. <b><i>Blockchain Babel</i></b> is the ultimate guide to the most disruptive technology to have entered the finance industry in recent years. <p/><b><i>Blockchain Babel</i> </b>looks at blockchain alongside innovation diffusion competitive dynamics and management strategy. Shortlisted as one of the three best business book proposals by McKinsey and the <i>Financial Times</i> for the Bracken Bower Prize in 2016 this is a must-read for business leaders and aspiring leaders wanting to grasp blockchain and put it into context and understand the practical implications it may have.</p>