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Relational Capital and Blockchain: Can Smart Contracts Redefine the Nature of Inter-organisational Cooperation?

In: The Dynamics of Intellectual Capital in Current Era

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  • José Brache

    (University of Auckland)

  • Anne Marie Zwerg-Villegas

    (Universidad de La Sabana)

Abstract

The relational view posits that the relational capital derived from the social network process may facilitate the achievement of organisational strategic objectives in inter-organisational cooperation (Liu et al. in Journal of World Business 45:237–249, 2010). However, scholarly literature and business media are rife with examples of inter-organisational cooperation hindering the accomplishment of management goals (Brache and Felzensztein in International Business Review 28:25–35, 2019), with over fifty percent of alliances failing to meet their initial objectives (Kaplan et al. in Harvard Business Review 88:114–120, 2010). Blockchain technology introduces the opportunity to create, operate, and effectively regulate decentralized autonomous organisations (DAOs) with functions that include ownership, governance, decision-making, and profit distribution (Sims in New Zealand Universities Law Review 28:423–458, 2019). Smart contracts in the blockchain could serve as an automaton to efficiently modify cooperation behaviours, thus improving the potential for successful cooperation. Using a game theory approach to formulate a series of propositions, this study explores how smart contracts and blockchain technology help develop and manage relational capital. As a theoretical contribution, this chapter explains how smart contracts solve the natural frictions that arise in collaborative projects and offers a set of recommendations for policymakers and practitioners looking to engage in inter-organisational cooperation using smart contracts as a mediating tool.

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  • José Brache & Anne Marie Zwerg-Villegas, 2021. "Relational Capital and Blockchain: Can Smart Contracts Redefine the Nature of Inter-organisational Cooperation?," Springer Books, in: Muhammad Shahbaz & Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik & Tarique Mahmood (ed.), The Dynamics of Intellectual Capital in Current Era, pages 103-128, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-16-1692-1_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-1692-1_5
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