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   "text": "Unlike traditional hierarchical organizations where face-time and unproductive meetings are the norm, the self-governing DAO token optimizer avoids corporate hierarchy inefficiencies and the bad outcomes that come from top-down direction.",
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   "text": "The unifying interest of DAO token holders in raising token value means they will voluntarily perform optimization tasks, because doing so is directly in their own interest.",
   "abstract": "the DAO token holders will desire to perform such optimization tasks as it is in their very interest to do so to help increase the value of the DAO tokens.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Solutions for Agency Problems in Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3373393",
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