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Firm Organization and Market Structure : Centralization vs. Decentralization
Meagher, Kieron - 2009
The profitability of a firm is jointly determined by it's organizational structure and the market structure. To explore the effects of market factors on optimal organizational structure we develop a real-time information processing model of a multi unit firm in a dynamic duopoly environment. Our...
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Why Capital Suppliers (Usually) Hire Workers : What We Know and What We Need to Know
Dow, Gregory K.; Putterman, Louis - 2001
A fundamental question for economics is why large firms in market economies usually assign control rights to capital suppliers rather than labor suppliers. A diverse collection of answers can be found in the literature. But unfortunately little theoretical consensus has emerged, and few attempts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014141245
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Varieties and Mechanisms of Common Ownership : A Calibration Exercise for Competition Policy
Tzanaki, Anna - 2021
studies, however, draw attention to a new, thought provoking theory of harm: common ownership by institutional investors …
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Leadership and Organizational Hierarchies
Alston, Eric - 2020
? The theory of the firm recognizes benefits to centralizing authority but these organizational benefits from hierarchy have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840064
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Evaluation problem versus selection problem in organizational structures
Ficco, Stefano; Karamychev, Vladimir A. - 2005
We consider a hierarchical organization with two fully rational agents. The goal of the organization is that of selecting the best alternative out of several available, and agents are heterogenous in the accuracy with which they screen the alternatives. We show that, if internal communications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343955
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Understanding Organizational Behavior with Wearable Sensing Technology
Waber, Benjamin N. - 2015
We describe how recent advances in wearable sensing technology allow for unprecedented accuracy in studies of human behavior, particularly organizational behavior. We use one such platform, the Sociometric badge, to understand organizational behavior in two studies. In the first, we describe the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012707519
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Evaluation Problem Versus Selection Problem in Organizational Structures
Ficco, Stefano; Karamychev, Vladimir A. - 2005
We consider a hierarchical organization with two fully rational agents. The goal of the organization is that of selecting the best alternative out of several available, and agents are heterogenous in the accuracy with which they screen the alternatives. We show that, if internal communications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014064250
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Bounded Rationality and the Search for Organizational Architecture : An Evolutionary Perspective on the Design of Organizations and Their Evolvability
Ethiraj, Sendil K.; Levinthal, Daniel - 2011
. This question is intimately related to broader issues of concern to organization theory including the usefulness and value … complexity with mainstream organization theory, we address three research questions: (1) how does the architecture or structure … complementarity. We discuss the implications of our findings for organization theory and design and also the burgeoning literature on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069160
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Organizational Structure and Earnings Quality of Private and Public Firms
Bonacchi, Massimiliano - 2019
We examine how heterogeneity in organizational structure affects private firm earnings quality in the European Union. Organizational structure refers to whether the firm is organized as a single legal entity (standalone) or as a business group: the former are firms not controlling or controlled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012902663
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Organizational Structure and Earnings Quality of Private and Public Firms
Bonacchi, Massimiliano - 2019
We examine how heterogeneity in organizational structure affects private firm earnings quality in the European Union. Organizational structure refers to whether the firm is organized as a single legal entity (standalone) or as a business group. Private firms can be organized either way, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012867561