This article brings together the market for products, the market for talent, and firms’ organizational form. While the organizational design determines the allocation of blame and fame within the firm, the value of a good reputation depends on the market structure. Consequently, the market structure dictates the optimal organizational design. If competition becomes tougher and the market thicke...

for more than three decades healthcare decentralization has been promoted in developing countries as a way of improving the financing and delivery of public healthcare. decision autonomy under healthcare decentralization would determine the role and scope of responsibility of local authorities. jalal mohammed, nicola north, and toni ashton analyze decision autonomy within decentralized services...

One way to clarify the concept of organizational metnory is by defining organizational memory components in terms of their roles in different organizational forms. In this way the place and function of organizational memory in a business organization can be better understood A professional organization, where both the organizational form and the role of shared organizational information underwe...