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BLOCK FÖR BLOCK: En jämförande studie mellan forskare och praktiker om blockkedjeteknik i revision
Mälardalen University, School of Business, Society and Engineering.
2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Block for Block : A comparative study between researchers and practitioners on blockchain technology in auditing (English)
Abstract [sv]

Vilka möjligheter och utmaningar kan blockkedjetekniken erbjuda i revisionsprocessen?

Studien ska undersöka samt skapa förståelse för de möjligheter och utmaningar som blockkedjetekniken medför inom revisionsprocessen och därmed bidra med ökad empirisk kunskap till det forskningsgap som identifierats inom den vetenskapliga litteraturen.

Kvalitativ dokumentstudie som jämför vetenskapliga artiklar och dokument.

De möjligheter som kan identifieras med blockkedjetekniken är trippelbokföring, smarta kontrakt, minskad tid, minskad kostnad, minskad risk, kodade kreditvärdighetsmodeller, minskat antal rättstvister, förenklar revisionsprocessen, blockkedjetekniken är omanipulerbar, ökad tillförlitlighet till revisorn, säkerhetskopiering, revisorn får en ny roll. De utmaningar som kan identifieras är ökad öppenhet, mindre transparens, kontrollera äkthet på överföringar, om blockkedjan kan manipuleras, farligt att lita till 100% på teknik, säkerhetskopiering, överskattad säkerhet, beskattning i realtid, skalbarhet, kostnader ökar i början, ekonomiutbildningar behöver anpassas, revisorns nya roll, revisorns nya arbetsuppgifter, nya kompetenser krävs, etik behövs, lagar och regler behöver anpassas, lagar behöver tillföras snabbare. Det är tydligt att många av möjligheterna också innebär utmaningar, det är sällan en möjlighet nämns utan att utmaningar med densamma tas upp. Det som också syns tydligt är att utmaningarna med blockkedjetekniken i dagsläget är fler än möjligheterna, vilket var ett oväntat resultat.

Abstract [en]

What opportunities and challenges can blockchain technology offer in the auditprocess?

The study will investigate and create an understanding of the opportunities and challenges that blockchain technology entails in the audit process, thereby contributing with increased empirical knowledge to the research gap identified in the scientific literature.

Qualitative documentstudy comparing scientific articles and documents.

The opportunities that can be identified with blockchaintechnology are trippleaccounting, smart contracts, reduced time, reduced cost, reduced risk, coded creditworthiness models, reduced number of litigations, simplifies the auditprocess, blockchaintechnology is unmanipulable, increased reliability to the auditor, back-up, auditor’s new role. The challenges that can be identified are increased openness, less transparency, checking the authenticity of transfers, if the blockchain can be manipulated, dangerous to trust 100% on technology, backup, overestimated security, real-time taxation, scalability, costs increase in the beginning, financial education needs to be adapted , the auditor's new role, the auditor's new duties, new skills are required, ethics are needed, laws and regulations need to be adapted, laws need to be applied more quickly. It is clear that many of the opportunities also pose challenges; there is rarely an opportunity mentioned without challenges being addressed. What is also clearly seen is that the challenges with blockchain technology in the current situation are many more than the possibilities, which was an unexpected result.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. , p. 45
Keywords [en]
Blockchain, Audit, Smart contracts, Real-time audit
Keywords [sv]
Blockkedja, Revision, Smarta kontrakt, Revision i realtid
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-48368OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-48368DiVA, id: diva2:1436941
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Available from: 2020-06-09 Created: 2020-06-08 Last updated: 2020-06-15Bibliographically approved

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