Publications
Publications
- 2010
- Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings
Induced Variation in Administrative Systems: Experimenting with Contexts for Innovation
By: Adrian Caldart, Roberto Vassolo and Luciana Silvestri
Abstract
Research on intra-organizational evolution determined that variation results from the autonomous strategic behavior of the firm. We revisit this idea by examining a case of induced variation, where a multinational firm experimented with different, coexisting, region-specific sets of administrative systems. Our findings help explain the conditions under which induced variation arises.
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Citation
Caldart, Adrian, Roberto Vassolo, and Luciana Silvestri. "Induced Variation in Administrative Systems: Experimenting with Contexts for Innovation." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2010).