Design Principle

DP4 - Incentive mechanisms

Make the value-adding benefits of cooperation and the imminent losses from violations transparent and observable to all participants, motivating them and deterring opportunistic behavior.

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Source paper: Designing trust-enabling blockchain systems for the inter-organizational exchange of capacity
Timestamp: 2026-07-16T00:00:00+00:00
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Design principle DP4: Incentive mechanisms

Make the value-adding benefits of cooperation and the imminent losses from violations transparent and observable to all participants, motivating them and deterring opportunistic behavior.

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This design principle is proposed by Designing trust-enabling blockchain systems for the inter-organizational exchange of capacity (Nick Grosse, Frederik Moeller, Thorsten Schoormann, Michael Henke, 2024).

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2 Design Features

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DF4.1 - Enforcing rewards and incentive

Enforcing rewards and incentive, a design feature considered under design principle DP4 (Incentive mechanisms) in the paper's blockchain-based Solidity instantiation.

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DF4.2 - Ensuring traceability of enforced rewards and incentives

Ensuring traceability of enforced rewards and incentives, a design feature considered under design principle DP4 (Incentive mechanisms) in the paper's blockchain-based Solidity instantiation.

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11 Meta Requirements

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MR-F1 - Conditions for fulfilling the payment

Conditions for fulfilling the payment (dimension: Fulfilment).

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MR-F2 - Compliance with legal framework conditions

Compliance with legal framework conditions (dimension: Fulfilment).

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MR-I2 - Identity management and verification

Identity management and verification (dimension: Information).

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MR-N1 - Possibility for intermediate connection

Possibility for intermediate connection (dimension: Negotiation).

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MR-N2 - Heterogeneity of contracts

Heterogeneity of contracts (dimension: Negotiation).

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MR-N3 - Function for final award of the contract

Function for final award of the contract (dimension: Negotiation).

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MR-O1 - Transparency and completeness of collected data relevant to transaction

Transparency and completeness of collected data relevant to transaction (dimension: Overlapping category).

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MR-O2 - Decentralization and Simultaneity

Decentralization and Simultaneity (dimension: Overlapping category).

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MR-O4 - Equality of participants

Equality of participants (dimension: Overlapping category).

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MR-O6 - Depictability of human interaction and role models

Depictability of human interaction and role models (dimension: Overlapping category).

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MR-S2 - Cross-domain management

Cross-domain management (dimension: Specification).

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1 Paper

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Designing trust-enabling blockchain systems for the inter-organizational exchange of capacity

The paper derives and validates six design principles for establishing inter-organizational trust in capacity-exchange platforms - signaling of tender information, signaling of identity, authority and fairness, incentive mechanisms, screening functionality and reputation mechanism - instantiates them in an artifact and tests their effect on perceived trust.

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