Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/94583 
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Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
Claremont Colleges Working Papers in Economics No. 2000-02
Publisher: 
Claremont McKenna College, Department of Economics, Claremont, CA
Abstract: 
As a first step towards understanding the evolution of small groups in firms, this paper develops and tests a simple decision-theoretical model of research-unit evolution in which, as managers resolve their uncertainty over time, they shut down under-performing units and remove under-performing unit heads. The selection process generates several testable hypotheses about how unit and head characteristics affect the assignment of heads to units and resource allocation within the firm. Data on research units in firms is used to test the model and estimate the relative importance of the different effects on resource allocation.
Subjects: 
span of control
management
innovation
small group
JEL: 
O32
M12
J32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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