Infusing Blockchain in accounting curricula and practice: expectations, challenges, and strategies

Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, is acknowledged as the most significant and disruptive innovation in accounting since the double-entry system. All the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms and several major S&P500 companies have invested considerable resources in developing blockchain te...

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Autor: Desai, Hrishikesh
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Blockchain
Distributed ledger technology
Crypto
Practice
Teaching
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spelling Infusing Blockchain in accounting curricula and practice: expectations, challenges, and strategiesDesai, HrishikeshBlockchainDistributed ledger technologyCryptoPracticeTeachingBlockchain, or distributed ledger technology, is acknowledged as the most significant and disruptive innovation in accounting since the double-entry system. All the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms and several major S&P500 companies have invested considerable resources in developing blockchain technologies. Some maximalists of this technology have even hinted that it will fundamentally change accounting and auditing if all transactions can be captured in an immutable blockchain. It is a daunting task for accounting academics to determine how to infuse blockchain in accounting curricula since the body of knowledge in this area spans several disciplines, such as, accounting, economics, finance, computer science, and engineering. It is also difficult for accounting practitioners to know what aspects of this technology are relevant to accountants for the same reason. In this paper, using the diffusion of innovation theory, I help explain why we need to incorporate the accounting-relevant aspects of blockchain in accounting curricula and practice and how we can accomplish that goal without introducing unnecessary technological complexity and jargon. I also provide eight case studies, which were successfully trialled by me at CPA organization/association conferences, that can be used to communicate the accounting relevant aspects of blockchain in the domains of accounting, tax, and audit servicesUniversidad de Huelva20232023-01-0120232023-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10272/22622reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/226222026-06-02T14:58:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Infusing Blockchain in accounting curricula and practice: expectations, challenges, and strategies
title Infusing Blockchain in accounting curricula and practice: expectations, challenges, and strategies
spellingShingle Infusing Blockchain in accounting curricula and practice: expectations, challenges, and strategies
Desai, Hrishikesh
Blockchain
Distributed ledger technology
Crypto
Practice
Teaching
title_short Infusing Blockchain in accounting curricula and practice: expectations, challenges, and strategies
title_full Infusing Blockchain in accounting curricula and practice: expectations, challenges, and strategies
title_fullStr Infusing Blockchain in accounting curricula and practice: expectations, challenges, and strategies
title_full_unstemmed Infusing Blockchain in accounting curricula and practice: expectations, challenges, and strategies
title_sort Infusing Blockchain in accounting curricula and practice: expectations, challenges, and strategies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Desai, Hrishikesh
author Desai, Hrishikesh
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Blockchain
Distributed ledger technology
Crypto
Practice
Teaching
topic Blockchain
Distributed ledger technology
Crypto
Practice
Teaching
description Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, is acknowledged as the most significant and disruptive innovation in accounting since the double-entry system. All the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms and several major S&P500 companies have invested considerable resources in developing blockchain technologies. Some maximalists of this technology have even hinted that it will fundamentally change accounting and auditing if all transactions can be captured in an immutable blockchain. It is a daunting task for accounting academics to determine how to infuse blockchain in accounting curricula since the body of knowledge in this area spans several disciplines, such as, accounting, economics, finance, computer science, and engineering. It is also difficult for accounting practitioners to know what aspects of this technology are relevant to accountants for the same reason. In this paper, using the diffusion of innovation theory, I help explain why we need to incorporate the accounting-relevant aspects of blockchain in accounting curricula and practice and how we can accomplish that goal without introducing unnecessary technological complexity and jargon. I also provide eight case studies, which were successfully trialled by me at CPA organization/association conferences, that can be used to communicate the accounting relevant aspects of blockchain in the domains of accounting, tax, and audit services
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