Blockchain for Good? Digital Ledger Technology and Sustainable Development Goals

World Sustainability Series

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 127-140

  Adams, Richard ^a   Kewell, Beth ^a   Parry, Glenn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85055207787     PISSN: 21997373     EISSN: 21997381     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67122-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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