(Growing) List of scholars working on blockchain-related studies in the field of management and adjacent fields (e.g., finance, law, information system). Feel free to suggest any edits by emailing me. Yo can add to the list by using the submission form via Airtable.

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Management

• Liang Chen.
  • Chen, Liang, Tony W. Tong, Shaoqin Tang, and Nianchen Han. “Governance and Design of Digital Platforms: A Review and Future Research Directions on a Meta-Organization.” Journal of Management 48, no. 1 (January 2022): 147–84. https://doi.org/10/gnjcxj.
• Yan Chen.
  • Chen, Yan, Igor Pereira, and Pankaj C. Patel. “Decentralized Governance of Digital Platforms.” Journal of Management, April 30, 2020, 0149206320916755. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206320916755.
• Quinn DuPont.
  • DuPont, Quinn. “8 Experiments in Algorithmic Governance: A History and Ethnography of ‘The DAO,’ a Failed Decentralized Autonomous Organization.” In Bitcoin and Beyond, 157–77. Routledge, 2017. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781315211909-8/experiments-algorithmic-governance-quinn-dupont.
• ‌Hanna Halaburda.
  • Halaburda, Hanna, and Christoph Mueller-Bloch. “Toward a Multidimensional Conceptualization of Decentralization in Blockchain Governance: Commentary on ‘Two Sides of the Same Coin? Decentralized versus Proprietary Blockchains and the Performance of Digital Currencies’ by Cennamo, Marchesi, and Meyer.” Academy of Management Discoveries 6, no. 4 (December 1, 2020): 712–14. https://doi.org/10.5465/amd.2020.0134.
• Vivianna F. He.
  • Challenges for the New DAO’ism
    • Survey
• Ying-Ying Hsieh.
  • Hsieh, Ying-Ying, and Jp Vergne. “The Future of the Web? The Coordination and Early-Stage Growth of Decentralized Platforms.” Strategic Management Journal, August 26, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3455.
  • Hsieh, Ying-Ying, Jean-Philippe Vergne, Philip Anderson, Karim Lakhani, and Markus Reitzig. “Bitcoin and the Rise of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations.” Journal of Organization Design 7, no. 1 (November 30, 2018): 14. https://doi.org/10/gf85zt.
• Alex Murray.
  • Murray, Alex, Dennie Kim, and Jordan Combs. “The Promise of a Decentralized Internet: What Is Web3 and How Can Firms Prepare?” Business Horizons, June 3, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2022.06.002.
  • Murray, Alex, Scott Kuban, Matthew Josefy, and Jonathan Anderson. “Contracting in the Smart Era: The Implications of Blockchain and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations for Contracting and Corporate Governance.” Academy of Management Perspectives, April 17, 2019, amp.2018.0066. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2018.0066.
• Fabrice Lumineau.
  • Lumineau, Fabrice, Wenqian Wang, and Oliver Schilke. “Blockchain Governance-A New Way of Organizing Collaborations?” ORGANIZATION SCIENCE 32, no. 2 (2020): 500–521. https://doi.org/10/ghfvkc.
• Daniel Obermeier.
  • Obermeier, Daniel, and Joachim Henkel. “Provable Transactions: Exploring the Boundaries of Trust in Smart Contracts on Blockchains.” Academy of Management Proceedings 2020, no. 1 (July 29, 2020): 20156. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.294.
• Joana Pereira.
  • Pereira, Joana, M. Mahdi Tavalaei, and Hakan Ozalp. “Blockchain-Based Platforms: Decentralized Infrastructures and Its Boundary Conditions.” Technological Forecasting and Social Change 146 (September 2019): 94–102. https://doi.org/10/ggj34z.
• Enrico Rossi.
  • Rossi, Enrico, and Carsten Sørensen. “The Meaning of De/Centralization: A Theoretical Review, Towards a Conceptual Framing.” SSRN Scholarly Paper. Rochester, NY, May 14, 2022. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4233664.
• Carlos Santana.
  • Santana, Carlos, and Laura Albareda. “Blockchain and the Emergence of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs): An Integrative Model and Research Agenda.” Technological Forecasting and Social Change 182 (September 1, 2022): 121806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121806.
• Wenqian Wang.
  • Lumineau, Fabrice, Wenqian Wang, and Oliver Schilke. “Blockchain Governance-A New Way of Organizing Collaborations?” ORGANIZATION SCIENCE 32, no. 2 (2020): 500–521. https://doi.org/10/ghfvkc.
• Magnus van Haaren.
  • https://twitter.com/monkey_phd
• JP (Jean-Philippe) Vergne.
  • Hsieh, Ying-Ying, and Jp Vergne. “The Future of the Web? The Coordination and Early-Stage Growth of Decentralized Platforms.” Strategic Management Journal, August 26, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3455.
  • Vergne, Jean-Philippe. “Decentralized vs. Distributed Organization: Blockchain, Machine Learning, and the Future of the Digital Platform.” Organizational Theory, October 27, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1177/2631787720977052.

Adjacent Fields

• Eric Alston.
  • Alston, Eric, Wilson Law, Ilia Murtazashvili, and Martin Weiss. “Blockchain Networks as Constitutional and Competitive Polycentric Orders.” Journal of Institutional Economics 18, no. 5 (2022): 707–23.
  • Alston, Eric. “Constitutions and Blockchains: Competitive Governance of Fundamental Rule Sets.” Case W. Res. JL Tech. & Internet 11 (2020): 131.
• Christian Catalini.
  • Catalini, Christian, and Joshua S. Gans. “Initial Coin Offerings and the Value of Crypto Tokens.” National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018.
• Primavera De Filippi.
  • De Filippi, Primavera, and Samer Hassan. “Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. Glossary of Distributed Technologies,” 2020. https://eprints.ucm.es/62306/.
  • De Filippi, Primavera, and Xavier Lavayssière. Blockchain Technology: Toward a Decentralized Governance of Digital Platforms? Punctum Book, 2020. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03098502.
  • De Filippi, Primavera, and Benjamin Loveluck. “The Invisible Politics of Bitcoin: Governance Crisis of a Decentralized Infrastructure.” SSRN Scholarly Paper. Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network, September 29, 2016. https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2852691.
• Kelsie Nabben.
  • Nabben, Kelsie. “Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) as Data Trusts: A General-Purpose Data Governance Framework for Decentralised Data Ownership, Storage, and Utilisation.” SSRN Scholarly Paper. Rochester, NY, December 20, 2021. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4009205.
• Richard Red.
  • Crypto Governance Research
• Ellie Rennie.
  • Rennie, Ellie, Michael Zargham, Joshua Tan, Luke Miller, Jonathan Abbott, Kelsie Nabben, and Primavera De Filippi. “Toward a Participatory Digital Ethnography of Blockchain Governance.” Qualitative Inquiry 28, no. 7 (September 1, 2022): 837–47. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004221097056.
• Voshmgir Shermin.
  • Shermin, Voshmgir. Token Economy: How the Web3 Reinvents the Internet. Vol. 2. Token Kitchen, 2020.
  • Shermin, Voshmgir. “Disrupting Governance with Blockchains and Smart Contracts.” Strategic Change 26, no. 5 (2017): 499–509. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2150.
• Nathan Schneider.
  • De Filippi, Primavera, Seth Frey, Nathan Schneider, Joshua Z. Tan, and Amy X. Zhang. “Modular Politics: Toward a Governance Layer for Online Communities.” ArXiv:2005.13701 [Cs], May 27, 2020. http://arxiv.org/abs/2005.13701.
  • Schneider, Nathan. “Decentralization: An Incomplete Ambition.” Journal of Cultural Economy 12, no. 4 (June 4, 2019): 265–85. https://doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2019.1589553.
• Joshua Tan.
  • Tan, Joshua. “Exploring DAOs as a New Kind of Institution.” Medium (blog), May 19, 2020. https://medium.com/commonsstack/exploring-daos-as-a-new-kind-of-institution-8103e6b156d4.
  • De Filippi, Primavera, Seth Frey, Nathan Schneider, Joshua Z. Tan, and Amy X. Zhang. “Modular Politics: Toward a Governance Layer for Online Communities.” ArXiv:2005.13701 [Cs], May 27, 2020. http://arxiv.org/abs/2005.13701.
  • Rennie, Ellie, Michael Zargham, Joshua Tan, Luke Miller, Jonathan Abbott, Kelsie Nabben, and Primavera De Filippi. “Toward a Participatory Digital Ethnography of Blockchain Governance.” Qualitative Inquiry 28, no. 7 (September 1, 2022): 837–47. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004221097056.
• Wei Xiong.
  • Sockin, Michael, and Wei Xiong. “Decentralization Through Tokenization.” Working Paper. Working Paper Series. National Bureau of Economic Research, February 2022. https://doi.org/10.3386/w29720.
• ‌David Yermack.
  • Yermack, David. “Corporate Governance and Blockchains.” Review of Finance, January 10, 2017. https://doi.org/10/gdj8rz.
• Xi Zhao.
  • Zhao, Xi, Peilin Ai, Fujun Lai, Xin (Robert) Luo, and Jose Benitez. “Task Management in Decentralized Autonomous Organization.” Journal of Operations Management 68, no. 6–7 (2022): 649–74. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1179.
• Michael Zargham.
  • Rennie, Ellie, Michael Zargham, Joshua Tan, Luke Miller, Jonathan Abbott, Kelsie Nabben, and Primavera De Filippi. “Toward a Participatory Digital Ethnography of Blockchain Governance.” Qualitative Inquiry 28, no. 7 (September 1, 2022): 837–47. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004221097056.
  • Zargham, Michael, and Kelsie Nabben. “Aligning ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization’ to Precedents in Cybernetics.” SSRN Scholarly Paper. Rochester, NY, April 4, 2022. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4077358.