We investigate the optimal shape of organizations to reduce embezzlement. In a stylized synthesis of a common pool resource and ultimatum game, agents move sequentially along an organizational architecture, can take a share of the available resources, and can choose to "blow the whistle", an...

An organization can be likened to a building whose strength is determined by the structure and frames which holds it. The structure is the manner in which interrelated elements (resources) are arranged so that the building can be stable, resist stress and it provides the right form. To this end,...

Technological advancements are driving the evolution of a form of organizing economic activity – the platform-ecosystem – particularly in a variety of ICT-enabled industries. This article builds on calls to more adequately describe and explain this form of organizing (Alberts, 2012; Baldwin, 2012;...

Ludewig and Sadowski (2009) empirically examine the economic value of organizational capital. They use a comprehensive panel data set from the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) that provides standard information about inputs and outputs of the production process of German corporate...

Firms develop their organizational practices to realize returns from given and marketable resources. Implementing effective practices requires substantial up-front investment. We approximate the economic relevance of establishment-specific organizational capital by using a two-step procedure....

The corporate headquarters (CHQ) of the multi-business enterprise, which emerged as the dominant organizational form for the conduct of business in the twentieth century, has attracted considerable scholarly attention. As the business environment undergoes a fundamental transition in the...