Öl- und Gaspreise sind infolge des Iran-Krieges um jeweils knapp 40 Prozent gegenüber dem Vorjahr gestiegen. Dies erinnert an die Energiekrise zu Beginn des russischen Angriffs auf die Ukraine. Die Inflationsrate lag infolge im September 2022 bei 10 Prozent. Besteht nun das Risiko, dass die...

Zukünftig könnten sich die deutsch-chinesischen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen entlang strategischer Interessen neugestalten. Deutsche Unternehmen bauen Rohstoffabhängigkeiten ab und investieren "in China für China", während chinesische Unternehmen stärker auf den deutschen Markt drängen. Neue...

The present article examines the pioneering case of blockchain adoption in local government by the City of Lugano and discusses how Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) may support institutional innovation beyond pilot experimentation. The Swiss municipality of Lugano has developed an integrated...

Introduction to Blockchain Analytics -- The Background of Blockchain Analytics -- Powered DeFi- Exploring Adoption Drivers and Risk Challenges -- Mitigating Manipulation in Decentralized Incentive Mechanisms -- Blockchain Applications in Business Ecosystems -- Regulatory considerations for...

The article presents a blockchain-based architecture for decentralized electricity trading that tokenizes energy delivery rights and cash-flows. Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) are implemented as NFTs, while buy/sell orders are encoded as ERC-1155 tokens whose tokenId packs a time slot and...

Background: Blockchain has been extensively discussed for enhancing transparency, traceability, and trust in general; however, there is fragmented empirical evidence available with respect to this issue within maritime logistics. The objective is to integrate and categorize peer-reviewed...