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| Author: | Chang, M.-H. Harrington, J. E. Jr. |
| Title: | Centralization vs. decentralization in a multi-unit organization: a computational model of a retail chain as a multi-agent adaptive system |
| Journal: | Management Science
2000 : NOV, VOL. 46:11, p. 1427-1440 |
| Index terms: | DECENTRALISATION INNOVATION ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE RETAILING |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A computational model of retail chain is developed in which store managers continually search for better practices. Search takes place over a rugged landscape defined over the space of store practices. The main objective of this research is to determine how the amount of discretion given to store managers as to how they run their stores influences the rate of innovation at the store level. |
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