{"id":9691,"date":"2018-08-31T19:14:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T19:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/?p=9691"},"modified":"2025-12-31T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:26:09","slug":"said-business-school-presents-the-astounding-blockchain-of-the-future-and-not-the-mundane-one-of-the-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/08\/31\/said-business-school-presents-the-astounding-blockchain-of-the-future-and-not-the-mundane-one-of-the-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Sa\u00efd Business School presents the astounding blockchain of the future! And not the mundane one of the present"},"content":{"rendered":"

The blockchain hype is such that business students are actively seeking out courses on “blockchain”\u00a0\u2014 and business schools are duly providing<\/a> them.<\/p>\n

The question is what they teach<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 and the risks involved in close liaisons with dubious industries, who are often desperate to buy credibility.<\/p>\n

Times Higher Education ran a piece on this sort of university-blockchain liaison<\/a> a couple of days ago.<\/p>\n

In July this year, Sa\u00efd Business School<\/a> at Oxford University “accepted a donation from Stewie Zhu, chief executive of blockchain firm Distributed Credit Chain, to create a fellowship position that will ‘specifically focus on the regulation and governance of cryptocurrency and the application of blockchain technology in the banking and finance industry’.”<\/p>\n

The Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme<\/h3>\n

But Sa\u00efd has been on the blockchain bandwagon since last year, when they launched<\/a> the Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme:<\/a><\/p>\n

While blockchain exploration was initially reserved for firms operating in the financial industry, the potential of blockchain technology is being realised by all sectors, including the likes of energy, telecoms and pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n

Recognising the need to adapt corporate strategies to deal with the impact blockchain technology will have on the future of business, Sa\u00efd Business School, University of Oxford has launched a new digital open enrolment programme on blockchain integration and regulation, the Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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