In the context of a multi-unit organization such as a retail chain, this paper explores the interaction of organizational structure - in terms of the allocation of authority - and market structure - in terms of the number of competing firms - on the rate of innovation in unit-level practices and...

A computational model of competing multi-unit firms, such as a retail chain, is developed in which unit managers and corporate staff continually search for better practices while consumers search among units to find a better match. The main objective of this research is to determine how the...

We explore the evolution of the structure and performance of a social network in a population of individuals who search for local optima in diverse and dynamic task environments. Individuals choose whether to innovate or imitate and, in the latter case, from whom to learn. The probabilities of...