Den omedvetna organiseringen
Om etableringen av bitcoin i Sverige
Many of today?s societies are built on established financial structures that are controlled by states and central banks. These structures are built on a clear perception of economic systems as established but invisible institutionalised concepts that are operated by millions of organizations worldwide. An idea of counteracting against centralized economies by introducing a currency that no state or bank controlled was developed in the beginning of the 20th century. In 2008 the idea was realised by the introduction of Bitcoin, which is a digital currency and transaction system without any centralized emitter or controlling organ. The introduction of Bitcoin is an innovative initiative to change financial structures.The involvement in and around Bitcoin has grown very strong amongst a group of individuals who are actively working with establishing the innovation as a part of the Swedish financial structure and as an alternative to the classic financial systems.The purpose of this thesis has been to study the process of establishing Bitcoin in Sweden with the ambition to analyse the interaction between emerging organizations and the establishment of an innovation in society. This was accomplished by interviewing individuals who are actively engaged in Bitcoin. Through the analysis it is clear that the relations between the actors trying to establish Bitcoin in Sweden are quite complex. This has to do with the fact that they deliberately have developed a common vision by interacting with each other. The study shows that organizing processes to a large extent arises from entrepreneurship, which in this case stems from the work of establishing the innovation Bitcoin in the Swedish economy. The study contributes to the understanding of emerging organizations as consistent of entrepreneurship and interactive processes that take form and has meaning to the development and establishment of an innovation long before they are conscious and formally defined. It also shows that it is possible to understand the establishment of Bitcoin as an organizing process driven by entrepreneurship on both an individual and societal level.