Works
- The spread of the multidivisional form among large firms, 1919 to 1979, American Sociological Review 50(3), 377 to 391, 1985
In Organizational Structures
Known for
The spread of the M-form
Ideas
Spread of the multidivisional form. Fligstein found that the multidivisional form spread among large firms where firms had product-related or unrelated strategies, presidents with sales or finance backgrounds, and industry peers that had already changed. Caveat: Large United States firms, 1919 to 1979.
The spread of the M-form. Large firms adopted the M-form when they pursued related or unrelated product strategies, when their presidents came from sales or finance, and when peers in their industry had already changed. Caveat: Explains adoption, not performance.