We investigate overlapping contests in multi-divisional organizations in which an individual's effort simultaneously determines the outcome of several contests on different hierarchical levels. We show that individuals in smaller units are advantaged in the grand (organization-wide) contest for...

According to the theory of capital as power, capitalism, like any other mode of power, is born through sabotage and lives in chains - and yet everywhere we look we see it grow and expand. What explains this apparent puzzle of "growth in the midst of sabotage"? The answer, we argue, begins with...