摘要
当前管理学的研究对象日益单调,去中心化自治组织(DAO)的出现可遇而不可求,它在提供新视角的同时也是一次检验既有理论的机会。DAO是一种基于区块链技术运行的新型组织形式,它不存在中央集权式的领导者或管理机制,而是通过智能合约实现自我控制,并借助代币实现人机共治。业界普遍关注DAO对公司制的可替代性,学界的研究则刚开始,多学科背景下尚缺乏管理学视角的基础理论分析。本文在界定DAO相关概念的基础上,深入分析了DAO与公司制的异同,发现其概念源于古典决策理论,其行为符合无边界组织、虚拟组织和网络组织的基本特征;进而从委托代理、民主制度、信息不对称、去中心化四个角度分析DAO的缺陷,指出DAO治理中存在“去中心化—高效决策—唯一共识”不可能三角;最后探讨了DAO对组织边界的贡献与价值。本研究旨在在新兴现象和传统理论之间构筑桥梁,借以增进产学两界的相互参考。
The current research object of management science is becoming increasingly monotonous,and the emergence of decentralized autonomous organization(DAO)diversified the present field.It provides a new perspective and an opportunity to test existing theories.DAO is a new form of organization based on blockchain technology,which does not have a centralized leader or management mechanism.Instead,it achieves self-control through smart contracts and achieves humanmachine governance through tokens.There is a widespread concern in the industry about the substitutability of DAO for corporatism,while the academic research has just begun.Based on the definition of DAO-related concepts,this paper systematically analyzes the similarities and differences between DAO and corporatism,and finds that its concept originates from the classical decision theory,and its behavior conforms to the basic characteristics of boundary-less organization,virtual organization,and network organization.Further,the deficiencies of DAO are analyzed from the four perspectives of agency problem,democratic system,information asymmetry,and decentralization,and it is pointed out that there is an impossible triangle of“decentralization–efficient decision–making unique consensus”in DAO governance.Finally,the contribution and value of DAO to organizational boundaries are discussed.This paper aims to build a bridge between emerging phenomena and traditional theories,so as to provide a reference and enhance the interaction between industry and academia.
作者
常易
明庆忠
Chang Yi;Ming Qingzhong(Business School,Yunnan University of Finance and Economics,Kunming 650221,China;Institute of Tourism and Cultural Industry,Yunnan University of Finance and Economics,Kunming 650221,China)
出处
《外国经济与管理》
CSSCI
北大核心
2024年第2期70-86,共17页
Foreign Economics & Management
基金
国家自然科学基金项目(41961021)。
关键词
去中心化自治组织(DAO)
区块链
智能合约
代币经济
组织边界
decentralized autonomous organization(DAO)
blockchain
smart contract
token economy
organizational boundaries
