Economics of Organizational Design - Theoretical Insights and Empirical Evidence

Informationen zum Autor MASSIMO G. COLOMBO is Professor of Economics of Technical Change at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. MARCO DELMASTRO is Advisor to the President of the Italian Communications Authority (Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni), Italy. Klappentext This book synthesizes the existing quantitative evidence on organizational design, bringing together the growing stream of theoretical work on the economics of firms' organization and available empirical findings produced by qualitative work in management, business history and organizational sociology.Synthesizing the quantitative evidence on organizational design, this book brings the growing stream of theoretical work on the economics of firms' organization which covers a range of topics, such as the depth of the managerial hierarchy, the delegation of decision power, and the determinants of organizational innovation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: A New View of Organizational Design A New Quantitative Empirical Methodology for the Analysis of Organizational Design and Dynamics The Determinants of the Allocation of Decision Authority The Determinants of the Corporate Hierarchy Evidence on the Determinants of Organizational Dynamics The Effects of Organizational Design on Firm Performance Conclusions

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Introduction: A New View of Organizational Design A New Quantitative Empirical Methodology for the Analysis of Organizational Design and Dynamics The Determinants of the Allocation of Decision Authority The Determinants of the Corporate Hierarchy Evidence on the Determinants of Organizational Dynamics The Effects of Organizational Design on Firm Performance Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Colombo, M Colombo, M. Colombo, Massimo G. Colombo, Massimo G. Delmastro Colombo, M Delmastro, M. Delmastro, Marco Delmastro
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.01.2008
• EAN: 9781403987419
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-8741-9
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; B, Planning, Organization, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic Theory, Organizational theory & behaviour, Industrial Organization, Management science, Quantitative Economics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection