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Organizing to Adapt and Compete, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Abstract
We examine the relationship between the organization of a multi-divisional Örm and its ability to adapt production decisions to changes in the environment. We show that even if lower-level managers have superior information about local conditions, and incentive conáicts are negligible, a centralized organization can be better at adapting to local information than a decentralized one. As a result, and in contrast to what is commonly argued, an increase in product market competition that makes adaptation more important can favor centralization rather than decentralization.
Type
Article
Author(s)
Niko Matouschek, Wouter Dessein, Ricardo Alonso
Date Published
2015
Citations
Matouschek, Niko, Wouter Dessein, and Ricardo Alonso. 2015. Organizing to Adapt and Compete. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.