Question

MBA thesis Title :  The Impact of Block Chain Technology on Financial Markets

Major: Financial Engineering

Research Question : as the world is going after IOT (internet of thing), big data, data science and data mining. I will be exploring if Block Chain technology have the potential to be truly disruptive and to transform well established financial institutions, and what are the implications and volatility of strategic and operating models of different types of cryptocurrencies in the market, and the impact of bringing lower costs, faster execution of transactions, and improving transparency and auditability of operations in order to see if it holds the promise of a new native digital asset class without a central authority

Could you please illustrate a methodology and data collection technique for the above subject only an overview mindmap and bullet points to work on with some questions to ask while working on the data collection with justified and defendable ideas.

Answer 1

In the words of Bruce Weber and Andrew novocin-

“Any financial operation that has low transparency and limited traceability is vulnerable to disruption by blockchain applications.”

Methodology should be simple crisp and clear I am giving you following points for mind mapping u can elaborate and also use impactful quotes .

• Bumps along the way- governance , failures , transparency etc
• Risks involved- speculation as in the case of bitcoin
• Way ahead?- low growth opportunities limited potential can't beat the cash
• Physical appearance- no physical available like hard cash