Decentralized autonomous organizations and collective innovation: an empirical investigation
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Author(s)
Hsieh, Ying-Ying
Brenk, Sebastian
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
This study investigates the impact of community governance on collective innovation in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). While DAOs are structured as self-organized communities such as open source software development (OSSD) communities for collective value creation, DAOs differ from OSSD in that they can financially incentivize contributors with cryptocurrency tokens, enabling private value appropriation. DAOs offer an opportunity to unpack the interaction between the private and collective governance mechanisms and their influence on collective innovation. Analyzing DAO development communities, we find that community governance promotes collective innovation; this effect weakens when interacting with centralized control.
Date Issued
2024-08-01
Date Acceptance
2024-03-29
Citation
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024, 2024
ISSN
2151-6561
Publisher
Academy of Management
Journal / Book Title
Academy of Management Proceedings
Volume
2024
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Identifier
https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.299bp
Source
84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2024-08-09
Finish Date
2024-08-13
Coverage Spatial
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date Publish Online
2024-07-09