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Dessein, Wouter; Garicano, Luis; Gertner, Robert - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Multi-product firms create value by integrating functional activities such as manufacturing across business units. This integration often requires making functional managers responsible for implementing standardization, thereby limiting business-unit managers’ authority. Realizing synergies...

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Knowledge-based hierarchies : communication and the economic organization of knowledge

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The distinct effects of information technology and communication technology on firm organization

Bloom, Nicholas; Garicano, Luis; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - In: Management science : journal of the Institute for … 60 (2014) 12, pp. 2859-2885

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Hierarchies and the organization of knowledge in production

Garicano, Luis - In: Journal of political economy 108 (2000) 5, pp. 874-904

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The distinct effects of information technology and communication technology on firm organization

Bloom, Nicholas; Garicano, Luis; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2009

Empirical studies on information communication technologies (ICT) typically aggregate the informationʺ and …" lower level agents. Conversely, technologies reducing communication costs substitute agent's knowledge for directions from … workers) are associated with more autonomy and a wider span of control. By contrast, communication technologies (like data …