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Volume 5, Issue 2
10 June 2020
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Research Article| June 10 2020

Decentralized Corporate Governance via Blockchain Technology

Wulf A. Kaal
University of Saint Thomas School of Law
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Online ISSN: 2381-6732
Print ISSN: 2381-6724
© 2020 Wulf A. Kaal
2020
Wulf A. Kaal
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Annals of Corporate Governance (2020) 5 (2): 101–147.
https://doi.org/10.1561/109.00000025

Corporations and other forms of business organizations can be supplemented with blockchain-based agency constructs. Blockchain-based decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) expand the definition of the firm. On-chain DAO governance enables dynamic regulatory features that facilitate unprecedented decentralized regulatory solutions.

Keywords: decentralized autonomous organization, blockchain, distributed ledger technology, regulation, protocols, optimization, efficiency, governance, dynamic regulation, principal-agent, emerging technology, agency cost, monitoring, feedback effects, K20, K23, K32, L43, L5, O31, O32
© 2020 Wulf A. Kaal
2020
Wulf A. Kaal
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