Formative Archetypes in Enterprise Blockchain Governance: Exploring the Dynamics of Participant Dominance and Platform Openness

Christophe Viguerie; Raffaele F Ciriello; Liudmila Zavolokina

Formative Archetypes in Enterprise Blockchain Governance: Exploring the Dynamics of Participant Dominance and Platform Openness

Christophe Viguerie, Raffaele F Ciriello, Liudmila Zavolokina

Department of Management

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Abstract

It is widely assumed that blockchain should, in principle, lead to decentralization. Yet, in practice, many enterprise blockchains are highly centralized. To explain this conundrum, we conduct a multi-case study of four enterprise blockchains: Walmart DL Freight, Contour, Chronicled MediLedger, and Cardossier. Exploring the dynamics of participant dominance and platform openness during their formative stages, we theorize that these blockchains correspond to the distinct archetypes of Chief, Clan, Custodian, and Consortium, respectively. Importantly, these archetypes shape the subsequent evolution of the governance approach, thus explaining why and how enterprise blockchains with dominant participants and limited openness later exhibit more centralized governance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Publisher	University of Hawaii at Manoa
Pages	6573-6582
ISBN (Print)	9780998133171
Publication status	Published - 2024
Event	57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2024) - Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu, United States Duration: 3 Jan 2024 → 6 Jan 2024 https://hicss.hawaii.edu/

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Name	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
ISSN (Print)	1530-1605

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Conference	57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2024)
Abbreviated title	HICSS-57
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	3/01/24 → 6/01/24
Internet address	https://hicss.hawaii.edu/

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enterprise blockchain
governance
inter-organizational systems
archetypes
formation

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Viguerie, C., Ciriello, R. F., & Zavolokina, L. (2024). Formative Archetypes in Enterprise Blockchain Governance: Exploring the Dynamics of Participant Dominance and Platform Openness. In Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 6573-6582). (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences). University of Hawaii at Manoa. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/107173

Viguerie, Christophe ; Ciriello, Raffaele F ; Zavolokina, Liudmila. / Formative Archetypes in Enterprise Blockchain Governance : Exploring the Dynamics of Participant Dominance and Platform Openness. Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2024. pp. 6573-6582 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

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Viguerie C, Ciriello RF, Zavolokina L. Formative Archetypes in Enterprise Blockchain Governance: Exploring the Dynamics of Participant Dominance and Platform Openness. In Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. University of Hawaii at Manoa. 2024. p. 6573-6582. (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences). Epub 2024 Jan 3.

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