How Do Disruptive Technologies Impact Collaborative Governance? A Blockchain Study

Marcus Vinicius Lindgren Alves; Ana Luiza Lara de Araújo Burcharth; Rosileia das Mercês Milagres; Douglas Wegner

doi:10.4067/S0718-27242025000100103

Authors

Marcus Vinicius Lindgren Alves Fundação Dom Cabral, Nova Lima, Brazil
Ana Burcharth Fundação Dom Cabral, Nova Lima, Brazil
Rosileia das Mercês Milagres Fundação Dom Cabral, Nova Lima, Brazil
Douglas Wegner Fundação Dom Cabral, Nova Lima, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242025000100103

Keywords:

Collaborative Governance, Blockchain, Institutional Design, Collaboration, Financial system

Abstract

Technology such as blockchain and digital platforms add a new dimension to collaboration because they challenge central tenets of Collaborative Governance (CG). This study analyzes how blockchain impacts CG’s institutional design in a collaborative initiative sparked by a public agency and pioneered by five financial institutions aimed to develop a low-cost, affordable and inclusive instant payment solution based on blockchain technology. The results show that blockchain introduces novel elements that need to be considered in the institutional design of CG, namely interoperability and attraction of new members. Such elements are crucial for obtaining the network effect for implementing a collective solution. Our results expand CG theory by revealing how blockchain technology demands institutional design to consider the technological requirements of the platform to interact with proprietary codes in order to promote network scalability.

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Author Biographies

Marcus Vinicius Lindgren Alves, Fundação Dom Cabral, Nova Lima, Brazil

Associate professor at Fundação Dom Cabral (Brazil)

Ana Burcharth, Fundação Dom Cabral, Nova Lima, Brazil

Full professor at Fundação Dom Cabral (Brazil)

Rosileia das Mercês Milagres, Fundação Dom Cabral, Nova Lima, Brazil

Full professor at Fundação Dom Cabral (Brazil)

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