Works
- Cooperative versus competitive structures in related and unrelated diversified firms, Organization Science 3(4), 501 to 521, 1992
- The multidivisional structure: organizational fossil or source of value?, Journal of Management 19(2), 269 to 298, 1993
In Organizational Structures
Known for
Cooperative and competitive multidivisional structures
Ideas
Cooperative and competitive M-forms. Related diversifiers need structures and controls that stress cooperation between business units, unrelated diversifiers need ones that stress competition, and fit between strategy, structure, and controls is associated with superior performance. Caveat: Cross-sectional survey of 184 Fortune 1000 firms.