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Organization design as a competitive choice: an application to the study of innovation

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  • Metin Sengul

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This commentary reflects on how a perspective that concentrates on the role of competitive context and sees organization design as a competitive choice may inform the research stream on the link between organization design and innovation. Focusing on multiunit firms and their formal organization, I discuss the benefits of, and the need for, adopting such an approach for this research stream, in particular, and the study of organization design, in general. I conclude by outlining some implications and directions for future research.

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  • Metin Sengul, 2019. "Organization design as a competitive choice: an application to the study of innovation," Journal of Organization Design, Springer;Organizational Design Community, vol. 8(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jorgde:v:8:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1186_s41469-019-0063-8
    DOI: 10.1186/s41469-019-0063-8
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