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exploitation of knowledge as an input across the hierarchy and the associated communication costs. We relate these metrics to host … complexity and productivity which dominates the already known correlation between vertical integration and productivity. Results …
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exploitation of knowledge as an input across the hierarchy and the associated communication costs. We relate these metrics to host … complexity and productivity which dominates the already known correlation between vertical integration and productivity. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083171
exploitation of knowledge as an input across the hierarchy and the associated communication costs. We relate these metrics to host … complexity and productivity which dominates the already known correlation between vertical integration and productivity. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084464
The modern theory of economic organization asserts that the firm at its core consists of an “authority relation,” and that this is what distinguishes the firm from production processes coordinated by voluntary exchange in the market. This article expounds on and problematizes the uses of...
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Hierarchy is a fundamental phenomenon in management and organization science, a phenomenon which has marked the … differ under substantial structural features, in order to measure the degree of hierarchy it is necessary to employ … indicators of power concentration and distribution. Results show that the purest archetype of hierarchy is the star form, and not …
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This article examines the relationship of executive level ties between firms and firm behavior. By doing so, the article places an emphasis on elites within corporations as actors in policy-making in a field that has been largely state-centric in its analysis. Taking corporate interests into the...
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? The theory of the firm recognizes benefits to centralizing authority but these organizational benefits from hierarchy have …
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The information that public officials use to make decisions determines the distribution of public resources and the efficacy of public policy. This paper develops a measurement framework for assessing the accuracy of a set of fundamental bureaucratic beliefs and provides experimental evidence on...
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Corporate organization varies within a country and across countries with country size. The paper starts by establishing some facts about corporate organization based on unique data of 660 Austrian and Germancorporations. The larger country (Germany) has larger firms with flatter more decentral...
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