Author
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- Runhui Lin
- Lun Wang
- Biting Li
- Yanhong Lu
- Zhiqiang Qi
- Linyu Xie
Abstract
Purpose - Blockchain is a technical solution integrating multiple technologies, with the potential to overcome the drawbacks of organizational governance. Given the emergence and prevalence of blockchain, its importance for organizational governance has progressively increased. Therefore, this study aims to analyze how blockchain restructure organizational governance. Design/methodology/approach - This study presents a structured systematic literature review of blockchain-enabled applications across diverse organizational governance models and several case studies to illustrate them. Based on the above analysis, governance mechanisms, transaction upgrading and challenges are proposed. Findings - Based on the literature review and typical applications, the authors summarize the advances in the research on the theoretical and practical applications of blockchain in organizational governance. We also identify the influence mechanisms of organizational governance and investigate transaction upgrading based on blockchain. Finally, the authors discuss three types of challenges (i.e. administrative, technical and environmental) to the relationship between blockchain and organizational governance. Along with the development of blockchain applications, the impact of blockchain on organizational governance has progressed in both theory and practice. Therefore, these findings will have significant implications for both academics and practitioners. Originality/value - This paper makes three key theoretical contributions: we review the literature on the impact of blockchain on organizational governance and present typical cases to illustrate it; propose four governance mechanisms for the application of blockchain in organizational governance; and propose an innovating-and-matching-oriented model of transaction upgrading based on blockchain.
Suggested Citation
Runhui Lin & Lun Wang & Biting Li & Yanhong Lu & Zhiqiang Qi & Linyu Xie, 2022.
"Organizational governance in the smart era: the implications of blockchain,"
Nankai Business Review International, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 14(2), pages 197-229, January.
Handle:
RePEc:eme:nbripp:nbri-02-2021-0014
DOI: 10.1108/NBRI-02-2021-0014
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