# Organizational form

`kaal:entity:organizational-form`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `organizational-form`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 2 works, 2018 to 2025.

**2018**

- [3227933-001](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-001) [definitional/asserted] -- Centralized, hierarchical organizations are defined by three features: a centralized source of authority, a closed formal hierarchy with functionally differentiated roles, and standardized bureaucratic procedures dictated and policed by that hierarchy.
  > (i) a centralized source of authority; (ii) a closed and formal hierarchy with clearly defined and functionally differentiated roles; and, (iii) standardized (bureaucratic) systems and operating procedures dictated and policed by the centralized authority/hierarchy.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933
- [3227933-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-004) [condition/argued] -- A disconnect is emerging between traditional regulatory models and the actual form of contemporary business organizations, so understanding the new organizational forms is a precondition for developing regulatory models suited to a digital age.
  > A tension or "disconnect" is emerging between traditional regulatory models and the form of contemporary business organizations. It, therefore, seems appropriate to deepen our understanding of these new organizational forms as a pre-condition to developing new regulatory models
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933

**2025**

- [5886342-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5886342-031) [definitional/asserted] -- A DAO may or may not be a Legal Identity, so the Codex rules for DAOs are written to work whether or not the organization has legal personality under the applicable law.
  > (2) A DAO may or may not be a Legal Identity ac-
  Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886342

## Verify

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**Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of this entity node. Its sha256 is the content hash.