This paper examines the impact of coordination costs and organizational rigidity on the returns to diversification. The … central thesis is that coordination costs offset economies of scope, while organizational rigidity increases coordination … costs, further constraining economies of scope. The empirical tests of this proposition identify the effects of coordination …

microeconomic interventions that promote coordination and collective action to improve productivity. Subsequently presented is a …This paper discusses coordination failures, their relevance to developing countries, and the circumstances under which … activities among which coordination failures are likely to arise. In other words, clusters provide opportunities for …