Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential of NFTs in revolutionizing innovation management and information systems. Innovations done by firms are blatantly used by other firms to develop cheap knock-off. This leads to huge economic loses to the firm investing in research and development activities. Firms are in need of trusted, immutable and verifiable means of storing information which cannot be used by others, even if publically available without their consent. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) appear to be one such solution to this problem that has recently attracted a lot of investor interest. Using NFTs the information is tokenized and is stored in a secure manner.

Design/methodology/approach

Through this scoping review, the authors investigate the influence of NFTs towards the innovation management from the dual aspects of management and information systems. This scoping review is underpinned by the five-stage framework by Arksey and O’Malley. The five stages of Arksey and O’Malley’s framework were used in this analysis to classify the literature through five stages of identifying the initial research questions; locating relevant studies; study selection; charting the data; and compiling, summarizing and reporting the results.

Findings

This study suggests that NFTs on the blockchain have significant potential to revolutionize innovation management and information systems. Theoretical frameworks used in investigating the role of digital tokens in blockchain management are mainly based on contracts, diversity theory, portfolio theory and faking likelihood theory. The study reveals gaps in the literature, particularly in the under-researched areas of behavioural psychology and social psychology theories. The appropriate regulation and regulation authority for different types of digital tokens are required. The study also presents archetypes that represent patterns in the current landscape of blockchain tokens, which have significant potential for future research and practical applications.

Originality/value

This study is unique in its approach to assessing the future of NFTs in the field of innovation and information management. While many existing reviews have focused on describing the progress and development of NFTs in the past, this study takes a forward-looking perspective and projects the future potential of NFTs. This innovative approach allows for a deeper understanding of the potential impact of NFTs in various fields such as entrepreneurship, innovation management and tokenomics. Therefore, this study contributes to the literature on NFTs by providing insights and recommendations for future research and practical applications.

中文翻译：

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不可替代代币（NFT）的知识发展：范围界定审查

目的

本文的目的是研究 NFT 在彻底改变创新管理和信息系统方面的潜力。公司所做的创新被其他公司公然用来开发廉价的仿制品。这导致投资于研发活动的公司遭受巨大的经济损失。公司需要可信、不可变和可验证的方式来存储其他人无法使用的信息，即使未经他们同意公开可用。不可替代代币（NFT）似乎是解决这一问题的一种解决方案，最近吸引了很多投资者的兴趣。使用 NFT，信息被标记化并以安全的方式存储。

设计/方法论/途径

通过本次范围审查，作者从管理和信息系统的双重角度探讨了 NFT 对创新管理的影响。此次范围界定审查以 Arksey 和 O'Malley 提出的五阶段框架为基础。本分析使用阿克西和奥马利框架的五个阶段，通过确定初始研究问题的五个阶段对文献进行分类；查找相关研究；研究选择；绘制数据图表；并对结果进行汇编、总结和报告。

发现

这项研究表明，区块链上的 NFT 具有彻底改变创新管理和信息系统的巨大潜力。用于研究数字代币在区块链管理中的作用的理论框架主要基于契约、多样性理论、投资组合理论和造假可能性理论。该研究揭示了文献中的空白，特别是在行为心理学和社会心理学理论的研究不足的领域。针对不同类型的数字代币需要相应的监管和监管机构。该研究还提出了代表当前区块链代币格局的原型，这些原型对于未来的研究和实际应用具有巨大的潜力。

原创性/价值

这项研究的独特之处在于评估 NFT 在创新和信息管理领域的未来的方法。虽然现有的许多评论都集中在描述过去 NFT 的进展和发展，但本研究采取了前瞻性的视角，并预测了 NFT 的未来潜力。这种创新方法可以让我们更深入地了解 NFT 在创业、创新管理和代币经济学等各个领域的潜在影响。因此，这项研究为未来的研究和实际应用提供了见解和建议，为 NFT 的文献做出了贡献。