# kaal:claim:2998033-035

**Claim.** The study rests on a hand coded dataset of 120 private investment funds that use blockchain technology in either their strategy or their operations, compiled by the author and research assistants from web searches and multiple databases.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** evidenced

**Source quote.**

> The dataset comprises a representative sample of private investment funds that utilize blockchain technology in either their strategy or operations (N=120). The author and a team of two research assistants hand-coded individual use of blockchain technology for each fund in the dataset.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Blockchain Innovation for Private Investment Funds* (2017), V. Data, Methodology & Coding, page 28

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Innovation for Private Investment Funds (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2998033

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**Topics.** research-methods, empirical-evidence, private-funds

**Keywords.** methodology, hand-coded-dataset, private-funds, sample

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