"Blockchains have become increasingly important for organizing contemporary economic and social activities. This Element offers a deeper understanding of blockchains to both management scholars and practitioners, with an emphasis on blockchains' strategic implications for fundamental issues in...

“No man is an Island, entire of itself”, wrote the English poet John Donne. What applies to the individual also holds true for the business world, in which no organization can ever operate entirely independently. When alliances involve companies operating within similar spheres, those...