Organizing to Adapt and Compete

被引：32

作者：

Alonso, Ricardo ^{[1
]}

Dessein, Wouter ^{[2
]}

Matouschek, Niko ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ London London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, Dept Management, London WC2A 2AE, England

[2] Columbia Univ, Grad Sch Business, New York, NY 10027 USA

[3] Northwestern Univ, Kellogg Sch Management, Evanston, IL 60201 USA

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-MICROECONOMICS | 2015年 / 7卷 / 02期

关键词：

COORDINATION; COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATIONS; AUTHORITY; COSTS; FIRM;

D O I：

10.1257/mic.20130100

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We examine the relationship between the organization of a multi-divisional firm 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 conflicts 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.

引用

页码：158 / 187

页数：30

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