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From the magazine SZW-RSDA 1/2017 | S. 59-70 The following page is 59

Corporate Governance auf der Blockchain

It is within the context of crypto-currencies that Blockchain first gained importance as a new technology. In the meantime, it has been recognized that this technology can also be used in the corporate environment. Such usage would have significant effects on corporate governance within companies (for example, in connection with the transparency of ownership, the handling of voting rights, accounting and incentives for management). It follows that this requires action on the part of, and creates new duties for, corporate organs. Also, new legal issues need to be addressed and should be taken into consideration in the current ongoing revision of Swiss Law on companies limited by shares.

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