Although the performance  effects of multitasking were analyzed intensively in the past, little  is known about the impact of the adoption time of multitasking on corporate performance. Possibly, the quantity of the reorganization is crucial and early movers experience a comparative...

Since several decades, information and communication technologies (ICT)  as well as new organizational designs change the working life in firms.  Using nationally representative Swiss firm-level panel data, the present paper analyzes the relationship between these developments and examines,...

The allocation of decision-making authorities may be seen as the last link in a causalrelationship starting from changes in environment and continuing to business strategy.Changes in task complexity, which can be measured by the introduction of a diversica-tion or an outsourcing strategy, are...