IMPLICATIONS OF INTERNAL ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE FOR FIRM BOUNDARIES

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Weigelt, Carmen; Miller, Douglas J.
• 署名单位: Tulane University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.2074
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 1411-1434
• 关键词: Outsourcing; organization structure; knowledge-based view; TASK COMPLEXITY; governance choice

摘要

Knowledge issues are central to governance choice. Organization structure influences knowledge flows and costs of knowledge creation and exchange inside the firm. Yet the question of how a firm's internal structure affects its governance choice for new activities has received scant empirical attention. We examine the role of internal structure, specifically unit autonomy and lateral coordination, in a firm's governance decision for new, knowledge-intensive activities. The findings show that internal structure is a shift parameter' that affects governance choice by moderating the relationship between task complexity and degree of integration. The empirical setting is the U.S. banking industry and its adoption of Internet banking. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.