Autonomy of Individuals and Organizations: Towards a Strategy Research Agenda

David M. Brock
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David M. Brock: Department of Business Administration, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel and Department of International Business, University of Auckland, New Zealand

International Journal of Business and Economics, 2003, vol. 2, issue 1, 57-73

Abstract: This paper presents a review of the use of autonomy in the organization literature and explores definitional and methodological issues. A typology of four combinations of autonomy and centralization, four matching strategic types, and several strategic contingency propositions are developed.

Keywords: autonomy; centralization; strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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