Organizational Design: Decision Rights and Incentive Contracts

By Susan Athey, J. Roberts. 2001

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Determinants and Dimensions of Firm Growth (2009, unknown): “It is therefore that organizational structure, which concerns the distribution of tasks among labour units and the coordination mechanism between labour units, is relevant to the firm’s growth (Athey & Roberts, 2001; Chaston, 1997; Jensen & Meckling, 1992; Mintzberg, 1979).”
Property rights theory, transaction costs theory, and agency theory: an organizational economics approach to strategic management (2005, methodology): “For extensions and criticisms of the GHM model see Aghion and Bolton (1992), Aghion et al. (1994), Aghion and Tirole (1994, 1997), Athey and Roberts (2001), Bajari and Tadelis (2001), Baker, Gibbons and Murphy (1994, 1999, 2001, 2002), Bakos and Nault (1997), Bernheim and Whinston (1998), Bolton…”
Organizing for Synergies (2010, background): “π = E[(k −∆1 −∆2)|I = 1]× Pr[I = 1] + (5) v(2)α(2− α) + v(2)β(2− β)− (σcα)(2) − (σrβ)(2) − (σrγ)(2).”
When Does Coordination Require Centralization (2006, unknown): “Proof of Lemma 1: Substituting (3) and (4) into the definitions of ALC and CLC and making use of Lemma A2 gives”
Nationalism in Winter Sports Judging and its Lessons for Organizational Decision Making (2002, unknown): “4 Aghion and Tirole (1997) and Athey and Roberts (2001) examine the related problem of trusting the opinion of an employee about the quality of a project from which she will derive some private benefit.”