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In this study I analyze changes of an entire set of organizational of rules over time. I also analyze how the size of individual rules develops over time. The theoretical background for this study is based on the bureaucracy theory of Weber and his successors and on the considerations of the New...
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Implementation of existing technological advantage is critical to the strategic development and performance of BP, in particular, for development solutions that meet the energy and climate challenges of the XXI century. This article briefly describes the context which determines BP’s long-term...
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The main aim of the paper is to identify the succession strategies (especially the ways in which they attempt to balance the strive to maintain family’s control over the company with the goal of firm’s growth) of the first generation of Polish entrepreneurs. Research survey was conducted on...
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This article presents a formalization of knowledge based on a connectionist model of a firm's structure. Transaction costs are not ignored, but integrated with the knowledge-based approach. A numerical example on the canonical comparison of "Japanese" versus "American" organizational structures...
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Aktuelle Studien zur Arbeitssituation in Unternehmen belegen Einzelaspekte wie Produktivitätsverluste, fehlende emotionale Bindung der Mitarbeiter und Defizite im Managementverhalten. Die Thematik wird in dieser Fallstudie in einem interdisziplinären Ansatz untersucht. Basierend auf dem Modell...
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Establishing a family council can be beneficial for business families. However, determining the optimal circumstances to do so can be challenging. While some experts argue that a family council always provides long-term benefits, recent research on family councils suggests that there are certain...
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We show that decision making in organizations is typically more complicated than simply choosing either to delegate or to centralize. Firms have to consider not only the level at which a decision is made (authority location) but also how many people are involved (authority diffusion), and the...
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We explore the implications of altruism in family firms for the allocation of decision-making rights. Our results suggest that centralization occurs in a broader range of circumstances in family than in nonfamily firms, consistent with empirical evidence. We show that an agent might remain in a...
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We examine decentralization -- that is, the use of more than one decision maker -- in small- to medium-sized organizations, with a particular focus on family firms. Our estimation results suggest that larger firms decentralize more often, as do firms with newer owners, organizations with a...
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This article examines the industry diversification of the 142 largest Japanese manufacturers in 1973-1998. We find that sample firms steadily increased diversification. Despite the increase, the relatedness of their business measured in three ways based on the Japanese IO table stayed...
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