The Chinese blockchain industry and market have unique, unusual and idiosyncratic characteristics. Several established companies as well as startups in China have developed and deployed innovative solutions involving blockchain. On the other hand, some uses of blockchain such as initial coin...

As prior researchers have suggested a firm's success in an international market depends on how well its strategy fits with the nonmarket environment such as formal institutions. This paper examines the determinants of formal institutions around new areas of economic activities. Specifically, we...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential roles of blockchain in ensuring quality, and safety and promoting sustainability in the production and distribution of food and beverage products. A multiple case study approach has been chosen as the principal methodology. The article...

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are becoming "metaversities" and taking their physical campuses into a virtual online world. This article provides a detailed analysis and description of higher education institutions' adoption of key underlying metaverse technologies such as virtual meeting...

Many industry analysts have argued that the metaverse's true transformative potential is likely to be realized in the industrial context. This paper provides a detailed analysis and description of the industrial metaverse ecosystem in terms of tools, data, and people and the interplay between...

Web3 and the metaverse present several unique challenges from security and privacy standpoints. This paper looks at key features of these technological innovations from privacy and security angles and discusses how they are vulnerable to various types of breaches, bugs and attacks as well as...

Individuals and organizations in the global south are participating at an increasing rate in Web3 and the metaverse economies. This paper gives an overview of the key benefits to these economies that stem from Web3 and the metaverse. It provides a perspective on the global south's preparedness...