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Blockchain technology and startup financing: A transaction cost economics perspective

Ahluwalia, Saurabh, Mahto, Raj V., Guerrero, Maribel·2020·Technological Forecasting and Social Change
DOI 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119854
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Cryptocurrencies (e.g., Bitcoin, EOS, Etherum, Litecoin, and others) are disrupting the traditional banking and financial systems. The cryptocurrencies are based on a set of technologies commonly referred to as blockchain technology. The potential effect of blockchain technology on institutional economics is profound. Already, blockchain technology-based applications in supply chain management, marketing, and finance are decentralizing and streamlining vital institutional functions. In this paper, we examine the economics of blockchain technologies as it pertains to transaction costs in startup financing. We draw upon the theory of transaction cost economics and the transactional nature of blockchain technology to propose a model to demonstrate how and why blockchain technology based applications are effective. We then apply the model to demonstrate how blockchain technology can be used to overcome many problems inherent in startup financing. For example, information asymmetry and transaction costs involved with matching an entrepreneur with an investor and the terms of the financing deal are some of the fundamental issues in entrepreneurial financing. We explain how a financing system based on blockchain technology can ameliorate the problems and lead to a more effective and decentralized entrepreneurial financing process.

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Authors
Ahluwalia, S., Mahto, R. V., & Guerrero, M.
Venue
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-02
Volume
151
Pages
119854
ISSN
0040-1625 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119854
OpenAlex
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308
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58
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journal article
Language
en
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Ahluwalia, S., Mahto, R. V., & Guerrero, M. (2020). Blockchain technology and startup financing: A transaction cost economics perspective. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119854

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