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- 2012
- Article
The Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors
By: Jianxi Luo, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney and Christopher L. Magee
Many products are manufactured in networks of firms linked by transactions, but comparatively little is known about how or why such transaction networks differ. This article investigates the transaction networks of two large sectors in Japan at a single point in time.... View Details
Keywords: Transactions; Hierarchy; Industry Architecture; Innovation; Networks; Market Transactions; Vertical Integration; Industry Structures; Innovation and Invention; Auto Industry; Electronics Industry; Japan
Luo, Jianxi, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney, and Christopher L. Magee. "The Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors." Industrial and Corporate Change 21, no. 6 (December 2012): 1307–1335.
- winter 1999
- Article
Process-versus Function-Based Hierarchies
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Process-versus Function-Based Hierarchies." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 8, no. 4 (winter 1999): 453–487.
- Research Summary
How and When Does Hierarchy Emerge in Firms?
Despite understanding that formal structure within firms is crucial for maintaining coordination and control as young firms grow, relatively little is systematically known about the initial formation of hierarchy in firms. By exploiting access to a dataset of all... View Details
- April 1993
- Article
Hierarchies and Compensation: A Case Study
By: George P. Baker, Michael Gibbs and Bengt Holmstrom
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits
Baker, George P., Michael Gibbs, and Bengt Holmstrom. "Hierarchies and Compensation: A Case Study." European Economic Review 37, nos. 2-3 (April 1993).
- 23 May 2011
- News
Hierarchy and Network: Two Structures, One Organization
- 03 Oct 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Cartels and Competition: Neither Markets nor Hierarchies
Keywords: by Jeffrey Fear
- 2003
- Working Paper
Evolutionary Theory Revisited: Cognition, Hierarchy and Capabilities
- 01 May 2009
- Conference Presentation
Language Matters: Lingua Franca Mandates and Status Hierarchy
By: Tsedal Neeley
- 1 Jul 2009
- Conference Presentation
Language Matters: Lingua Franca Mandates and Status Hierarchy
By: Tsedal Neeley
- July–August 1996
- Article
Release the Entrepreneurial Hostages from Your Corporate Hierarchy
By: C. A. Bartlett and S. Ghoshal
Bartlett, C. A., and S. Ghoshal. "Release the Entrepreneurial Hostages from Your Corporate Hierarchy." Strategy & Leadership 24, no. 4 (July–August 1996): 36–42.
- 27 Aug 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Measuring and Understanding Hierarchy as an Architectural Element in Industry Sectors
- 2020
- Working Paper
The Effects of Hierarchy on Learning and Performance in Business Experimentation
By: Sourobh Ghosh, Stefan Thomke and Hazjier Pourkhalkhali
Do senior managers help or hurt business experiments? Despite the widespread adoption of business experiments to guide strategic decision-making, we lack a scholarly understanding of what role senior managers play in firm experimentation. Using proprietary data of live... View Details
Keywords: Experimentation; Innovation; Search; New Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Design; Learning; Performance
Ghosh, Sourobh, Stefan Thomke, and Hazjier Pourkhalkhali. "The Effects of Hierarchy on Learning and Performance in Business Experimentation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-081, February 2020.
- 1984
- Article
Theoretical Myopia: The Discipline of Marketing and the Hierarchy of the Sciences
By: Rohit Deshpandé
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Theoretical Myopia: The Discipline of Marketing and the Hierarchy of the Sciences." AMA Educators' Proceedings (1984): 18–21. (Scientific Method in Marketing.)
- 2005
- Article
Framing the Elusive Concept of Sustainability: A Sustainability Hierarchy
By: Julian D. Marshall and Michael W. Toffel
Marshall, Julian D., and Michael W. Toffel. "Framing the Elusive Concept of Sustainability: A Sustainability Hierarchy." Environmental Science & Technology 39, no. 3 (2005): 673–682. (Profiled by the Network for Business Sustainability.)
- 2003
- Working Paper
The Flattening Firm: Evidence from Panel Data on the Changing Nature of Corporate Hierarchies
By: Raghuram G. Rajan and Julie Wulf
Using a detailed database of managerial job descriptions, reporting relationships, and compensation structures in over 300 large U.S. firms, we find that firm hierarchies are becoming flatter. The number of positions reporting directly to the CEO has gone up... View Details
Rajan, Raghuram G., and Julie Wulf. "The Flattening Firm: Evidence from Panel Data on the Changing Nature of Corporate Hierarchies." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 9633, April 2003. (Published in Review of Economics & Statistics 2006.)
- November 2006
- Article
The Flattening Firm: Evidence from Panel Data on the Changing Nature of Corporate Hierarchies
By: Raghuram G. Rajan and Julie Wulf
Using a detailed database of managerial job descriptions, reporting relationships, and compensation structures in over 300 large U.S. firms, we find that firm hierarchies are becoming flatter. The number of positions reporting directly to the CEO has gone up... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Change; Business Ventures; Compensation and Benefits; Rank and Position; Wages; Motivation and Incentives; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Jobs and Positions; United States
Rajan, Raghuram G., and Julie Wulf. "The Flattening Firm: Evidence from Panel Data on the Changing Nature of Corporate Hierarchies." Review of Economics and Statistics 88, no. 4 (November 2006): 759–773.
- 2011
- Working Paper
The Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors
By: Jianxi Luo, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney and Christopher L. Magee
Many products are manufactured in networks of firms linked by transactions, but comparatively little is known about how or why such transaction networks differ. This paper investigates the transaction networks of two large sectors in Japan at a single point in time. In... View Details
Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Market Transactions; Networks; Competitive Strategy; Vertical Integration; Auto Industry; Electronics Industry; Japan
Luo, Jianxi, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney, and Christopher L. Magee. "The Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-076, January 2011. (Revised July 2011, January 2012.)
- October 2010
- Journal Article
The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies
By: Maria Guadalupe and Julie Wulf
This paper establishes a causal effect of product market competition on various characteristics of organizational design. Using a unique panel-dataset on firm hierarchies of large U.S. firms (1986-1999) and a quasi-natural experiment (trade liberalization), we find... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Product; Markets; Competition; Organizational Design; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Rank and Position; Organizational Structure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Change; Trade; United States
Guadalupe, Maria, and Julie Wulf. "The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2, no. 4 (October 2010).
- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies
By: Maria Guadalupe and Julie Wulf
This paper establishes a causal effect of product market competition on various characteristics of organizational design. Using a unique panel-dataset on firm hierarchies of large U.S. firms (1986-1999) and a quasi-natural experiment (trade liberalization), we find... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy
Guadalupe, Maria, and Julie Wulf. "The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies." December 2009.
- 1 Jul 2010
- Conference Presentation
Language Matters: Lingua Franca Mandates and Status Hierarchies in Global Organizations
By: Tsedal Neeley