Although Smart Contract was proposed two decades ago, it is now getting more attention because the advancement of blockchain made it a practical technology. Smart Contract is essentially a computer protocol that executes the terms of a computerized contract under a blockchain technology, which provides a feasible computational platform for smart contracts to take place. Technically speaking, a smart contract can facilitate, verify, and enforce the agreement of a business transaction. The potential business impacts of smart contracts are challenging existing business models, leading to fascinating research opportunities in financial applications.
This special issue is to provide a multi-disciplinary forum of FinTech research with a focus on blockchain and smart contract technology in the context of financial applications. We hope that this special issue will promote cutting-edge research in FinTech, particularly on how blockchain-driven smart contracts will reshape contemporary financial applications. We encourage studies on how to examine, design, implement, and deploy solutions based on blockchain-driven smart contracts to resolve research and practical issues in financial applications. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to) theoretical and empirical studies of:
· Design science research in financial applications of blockchain-driven smart contracts
· Technical challenges and solutions for smart contracts and financial applications
· Trust, privacy, and behavioral issues in smart contracts under blockchains
· Regulation, governance, and standardization of smart contracts in financial applications
· Financial applications of contract theory in smart contract management
· Consensus protocols and algorithms for blockchain-driven smart contracts
· Mechanism design for financial applications of smart contracts under blockchain
· Blockchain protocols for financial smart contracts
· Financial applications with smart contracts
· Case studies of blockchain and smart contract adoption in the financial industry
· Economics and game theory of smart contracts
Submission:
Please follow the submission instructions according to the requirements found at https://jfin-swufe.springeropen.com/submission-guidelines and submit your paper at https://www.editorialmanager.com/fini/default.aspx. For technical questions, please consult gabriela.cisneros@springer.com.
· Open Access without Publication Fee
· Provide English Language Editing for free
Guest Editors:
· Zhangxi Lin, Rawls College of Business Administration, Texas Tech University, U.S.A
· Jiaqi Yan, School of Information Management, Nanjing University, P. R. China
· J. Leon Zhao, Dept. of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Important Dates:
· Panel discussion on FinTech at Sun-Yat Sen University: July 17, 2017
· Online submission open date: September 1, 2017
· Initial paper submission deadline: October 1, 2017
· Author notification: November 1, 2017