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The Economics of Organizational Design

Theoretical Insights and Empirical Evidence

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Massimo G. Colombo

    1. Politecnico di Milano, Italy

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  2. Marco Delmastro

    1. Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni, Italy

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction: A New View of Organizational Design

    • Massimo G. Colombo, Marco Delmastro
    Pages 1-22

  3. A New Quantitative Empirical Methodology for the Analysis of Organizational Design and Dynamics

    • Massimo G. Colombo, Marco Delmastro
    Pages 23-56

  4. The Determinants of the Allocation of Decision Authority

    • Massimo G. Colombo, Marco Delmastro
    Pages 57-107

  5. The Determinants of the Corporate Hierarchy

    • Massimo G. Colombo, Marco Delmastro
    Pages 108-134

  6. Evidence on the Determinants of Organizational Dynamics

    • Massimo G. Colombo, Marco Delmastro
    Pages 135-191

  7. The Effects of Organizational Design on Firm Performance

    • Massimo G. Colombo, Marco Delmastro
    Pages 192-222

  8. Conclusions

    • Massimo G. Colombo, Marco Delmastro
    Pages 223-228

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 229-272
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Politecnico di Milano, Italy

    Massimo G. Colombo

  • Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni, Italy

    Marco Delmastro

About the authors

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.

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