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- catalog abstract "The purpose of this paper is to explore the internal organization of firms as they function. Instead of encompassing an explanation for why firms exist, we take the firm as given and look at it as a social construct, viz. we focus on people and their actions. Hierarchy (and the legal structure of the firm) ensures relative efficiency in a known, stable situation. The present competitive environment, however, places many pressures on the hierarchical model, and firms experiment with ways to deal with these in response to the simultaneous fundamental needs of (flexible) efficiency today and of positioning tomorrow. Hierarchy could answer these needs yesterday, but we believe its success has masked the effect of three structural dimensions: position, action, and knowledge. The paper ends with a more speculative section with an illustration of internal structures in a future firm.".
- catalog contributor b8842875.
- catalog contributor b8842876.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-36).".
- catalog description "The purpose of this paper is to explore the internal organization of firms as they function. Instead of encompassing an explanation for why firms exist, we take the firm as given and look at it as a social construct, viz. we focus on people and their actions. Hierarchy (and the legal structure of the firm) ensures relative efficiency in a known, stable situation. The present competitive environment, however, places many pressures on the hierarchical model, and firms experiment with ways to deal with these in response to the simultaneous fundamental needs of (flexible) efficiency today and of positioning tomorrow. Hierarchy could answer these needs yesterday, but we believe its success has masked the effect of three structural dimensions: position, action, and knowledge. The paper ends with a more speculative section with an illustration of internal structures in a future firm.".
- catalog extent "36 p. ;".
- catalog isPartOf "Working paper (Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration. Division of Research) ; HBS 96-026.".
- catalog isPartOf "Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School ; 96-026".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Boston] : Division of Research, Harvard Business School,".
- catalog title "The dynamic firm : a three-dimensional model of internal structure / by Peter Hagström and Gunnar Hedlund.".
- catalog type "text".