A Subscription Service for Automated Communication and Fair Cost Distribution in Collaborative Blockchain-based Business Processes

Schindelmann M, Klinger P, Bodendorf F (2020)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2020

Pages Range: 1844-1856

Conference Proceedings Title: 15th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI)

Event location: Potsdam DE

ISBN: 9783955453350

DOI: 10.30844/wi_2020_r13-schindelmann

Abstract

Blockchain capabilities like Ethereum Smart Contracts offer great opportunities to manage cross-organizational business processes due to their trustless and tamperproof nature. However, communication in such processes poses a major issue since there is no direct option for one participating organization to inform other collaborators about their individual progress in their impersonation as a Smart Contract. As that knowledge is vital to execute a cross-organizational process, we design a Smart Contract architecture in which participants express their progress through Blockchain events. Further, we implement a prototype that subscribes to the relevant events of one or more participants and reacts to their occurrence by triggering the subsequent step(s) of the process. Evaluation of the prototype and architecture shows that this does not only avoid unnecessary latency in process communication but also results in a fair cost distribution as each participant is only charged for the expenses of its individual actions.

Authors with CRIS profile

Philipp Klinger Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik, insbesondere im Dienstleistungsbereich Freimut Bodendorf Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik, insbesondere im Dienstleistungsbereich

How to cite

APA:

Schindelmann, M., Klinger, P., & Bodendorf, F. (2020). A Subscription Service for Automated Communication and Fair Cost Distribution in Collaborative Blockchain-based Business Processes. In 15th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI) (pp. 1844-1856). Potsdam, DE.

MLA:

Schindelmann, Moritz, Philipp Klinger, and Freimut Bodendorf. "A Subscription Service for Automated Communication and Fair Cost Distribution in Collaborative Blockchain-based Business Processes." Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Potsdam 2020. 1844-1856.

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