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| Volume 2, No. 1, April
2003
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Autonomy of Individuals and Organizations: Towards a Strategy
Research Agenda |
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| David M. Brock |
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Department of
Business Administration, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel |
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Department of International
Business, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Abstract |
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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. |
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Key words:
autonomy; centralization; strategy |
| JEL
classification:
M19 |
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