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HBR Insights Web3, Crypto, and Blockchain Collection (3 Books) / Harvard Business Review.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- HBR Insights Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World Wide Web--Technological innovations.
- World Wide Web.
- Business--Data processing.
- Business.
- Blockchains (Databases)--Industrial applications.
- Blockchains (Databases).
- Cryptocurrencies.
- Web applications.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (514 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Massachussetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- What do Web3, Crypto, and Blockchain really mean for business today? Like the dot-com bust before it, the crypto moment of the early 2020s seemed to rise and fall in a manic instant. Billionaires were minted one week and jail time was handed out the next. But in the aftermath, the promise of the technology remains. Blockchain and crypto aren't for speculators anymore--they're the basis of the rising decentralized internet called Web3 that could rewrite the past decade's rules. Where does your business fit in? Whether you're looking to refine your blockchain strategy or making your first move, the HBR Insights Web3, Crypto, and Blockchain Collection will walk you through what's real and what's fake with crypto, show you how today's most innovative organizations are moving toward Web3, and prepare you and your company to succeed in the new internet age. Included in this three-book collection are the HBR Insights series titles Web3, Crypto, and Blockchain. Business is changing. Will you adapt or be left behind? Get up to speed and deepen your understanding of the topics that are shaping your company's future with the Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review series. Featuring HBR's smartest thinking on fast-moving issues--blockchain, cybersecurity, AI, and more--each book provides the foundational introduction and practical case studies your organization needs to compete today and collects the best research, interviews, and analysis to get it ready for tomorrow. You can't afford to ignore how these issues will transform the landscape of business and society. The Insights You Need series will help you grasp these critical ideas--and prepare you and your company for the future.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Web3
- Contents
- Introduction: What is Web3?
- Ch. 1: Web3 Will Run On Cryptocurrency
- Ch. 2: Why Blockchain's Ethical Stakes Are So High
- Ch. 3: What A DAO Can-and Can't-Do
- Ch. 4: Why Build in Web3
- Ch. 5: How Brands Are Experimenting with Web3
- Ch. 6: Cautionary Tales from Cryptoland
- Ch. 7: Web3 is Our Chance to Make a Better Internet
- About the Contributors
- Index
- Crypto
- Introduction
- Section 1: Cryptocurrency for Real
- Ch. 1: Who Writes the Rules of Decentralized Finance?
- Ch. 2: To Understand Crypto's Volatility, Think About It as a Startup
- Ch. 3: How Digital Currencies Can Help Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
- Ch. 4: How Much Energy Does Bitcoin Actually Use?
- Ch. 5: Case Study: Should We Embrace Crypto?
- Section 2: NFTs for Business
- Ch. 6: How NFTs Create Value
- Ch. 7: How Your Brand Should Use NFTs
- Section 3: The Road to Web3
- Ch. 8: Platforms Need to Work with Their Users-Not Against Them
- Ch. 9: Cautionary Tales from Cryptoland
- Ch. 10: How DAOs Could Change the Way We Work
- Blockchain
- Copyright
- Section 1: Understanding Blockchain
- Ch 1: The Truth About Blockchain
- Ch 2: A Brief History of Blockchain
- Ch 3: The Blockchain Will Do to the Financial System What the Internet Did to Media
- Ch 4: Who Controls the Blockchain
- Ch 5: How Safe Are Blockchains? It Depends
- Ch 6: What Blockchain Can't Do
- Section 2: Blockchain and Business
- Ch 7: How Blockchain Is Changing Finance
- Ch 8: As Cryptocurrencies Rise, Who Needs Banks?
- Ch 9: Global Supply Chains Are About to Get Better, Thanks to Blockchain
- Ch 10: What Blockchain Means for the Sharing Economy
- Ch 11: How Blockchain Can Help Marketers Build Better Relationships with Their Customers.
- Ch 12: Blockchain Could Help Artists Profit More from Their Creative Works
- Section 3: The Future of Blockchain
- Ch 13: Does Your Idea Actually Require Blockchain?
- Ch 14: How Regulation Could Help Cryptocurrencies Grow
- Ch 15: Using Blockchain to Keep Public Data Public
- Ch 16: Blockchain Will Help Us Prove Our Identities in a Digital World
- Ch 17: Making Cryptocurrency More Environmentally Sustainable
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-64782-723-X
- OCLC:
- 1405939556
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