Trusted collaboration satisfying the requirements of (a) adequate transparency and (b)
preservation of privacy of business sensitive information is a key factor to ensure the
success and adoption of online business-to-business (B2B) collaboration platforms. Our
work proposes novel ways of stringing together game theoretic modeling, blockchain
technology, and cryptographic techniques to build such a platform for B2B collaboration
involving enterprise buyers and sellers who may be strategic. The B2B platform builds upon …

The blockchain concept forms the backbone of a new wave technology that promises to be
deployed extensively in a wide variety of industrial and societal applications. Governments,
financial institutions, banks, industrial supply chains, service companies, and even
educational institutions and hospitals are investing in a substantial manner in the hope of
improving business efficiency and operational robustness through deployment of blockchain
technology. This thesis work is concerned with designing trustworthy business-to-business …