A study on blockchain-based marketplace governance platform adoption: a multi-industry perspective
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Published:2023-09-11
Issue:6
Volume:25
Page:653-692
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ISSN:2398-5038
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Container-title:Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance
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language:en
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Short-container-title:DPRG
Author:
Saurabh Kumar,Upadhyay Parijat,Rani Neelam
Abstract
Purpose
Decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) are internet-native self-governing enterprises where individual groups, communities, agencies, consumers and providers work together using blockchain-led smart contracts (SCs). This study aims to examine the role of DAO marketplaces in technology-led autonomous organisation design for enterprise technology sourcing industries, with algorithmic trust and governance.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors examined the importance of an enterprise marketplace governance platform for technology sourcing using DAO as a decentralised/democratised business model. A total of 98 DAO products/services are evaluated across 11 industries that envisage DAO as a strategic choice for the governance of decentralised marketplace platforms.
Findings
The research findings validate how a DAO-led enterprise marketplace governance platform can create a cohesive collaboration between consumers (enterprises) and providers (solution vendors) in a disintermediated way. The proposed novel layered solution for an autonomous governance-led enterprise marketplace promises algorithmic trust-led, self-governed tactical alternatives to a strategic plan.
Research limitations/implications
The research targets multiple industry outlooks to understand decentralised autonomous marketplace governance and develop the theoretical foundation for research and extensive corporate suitability.
Practical implications
The research underpinnings boost the entrepreneurs’ ability to realise the practical potential of DAO between multiple parties using SCs and tokenise the entire product and service offerings over immutable ledger technologies.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research is unique and the first of its kind to study the multi-industry role of algorithmic trust and governance in enterprise technology sourcing marketplaces driven by 98 decentralised and consensus-based DAO products across 11 industries.
Subject
Management of Technology and Innovation,Information Systems and Management,Computer Networks and Communications,Information Systems,Management Information Systems
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