dc.creatorAhluwalia, Saurabh
dc.creatorMahto, Raj V.
dc.creatorGuerrero, Maribel
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-13T16:52:02Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-19T14:48:04Z
dc.date.available2020-03-13T16:52:02Z
dc.date.available2023-05-19T14:48:04Z
dc.date.created2020-03-13T16:52:02Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifierTechnological Forecasting and Social Change Volume 151, February 2020,
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/3165
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119854
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/6302148
dc.description.abstractCryptocurrencies (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.
dc.languageen
dc.subjectBlockchain technology
dc.subjectInstitutional economics
dc.subjectTransactional costs
dc.subjectStartup financing
dc.subjectEntrepreneurship
dc.subjectVenture capital
dc.titleBlockchain technology and startup financing: A transaction cost economics perspective
dc.typeArticle


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