The rise of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs): a first empirical glimpse

IF 2.8 4区管理学 Q2 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Venture Capital Pub Date : 2022-08-31 DOI:10.1080/13691066.2022.2116797

C. Bellavitis, Christian Fisch, Paul P. Momtaz

引用次数: 21

Abstract

ABSTRACT Blockchain technology and smart contracts are catalysts for decentralization and disintermediation. These new technologies reduce transaction costs, agency costs, and offer a basis for trustless social and economic interactions. They are fueling new business models for decentralized platforms and have revolutionized crowdfunding. A recent trend, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), stands to fundamentally transform organizing and governance. DAOs are blockchain-native, decentralized organizations that are collectively owned and managed by their members via smart contracts. In this note, we assess the promises and challenges of DAOs, with a focus on decentralized governance and disintermediation, and offer a first empirical glimpse at the rise and functioning of DAOs. Overall, DAOs may introduce a new era in organizational economics, transforming the global corporate landscape from hierarchical organizations to democratic and distributed organizations powered by organizational entrepreneurship and innovations.

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去中心化自治组织(dao)的兴起:第一次实证观察

区块链技术和智能合约是去中心化和去中介化的催化剂。这些新技术降低了交易成本和代理成本，并为无信任的社会和经济互动提供了基础。它们正在推动去中心化平台的新商业模式，并彻底改变了众筹。最近的一种趋势是去中心化自治组织(dao)，它将从根本上改变组织和治理。dao是区块链原生的去中心化组织，由其成员通过智能合约共同拥有和管理。在本文中，我们评估了dao的承诺和挑战，重点是去中心化治理和去中介化，并首次提供了dao的兴起和运作的经验一瞥。总的来说，dao可能会在组织经济学中引入一个新时代，将全球企业格局从等级组织转变为由组织企业家精神和创新驱动的民主和分布式组织。

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4.10

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16.70%

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