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Corporate Downsizing to Rebuild Team Spirit

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  • Cabrales Goitia Antonio

    (UNIVERSITY CARLOS III OF MADRID)

  • Calvó-Armengol Antoni

    (UNIVERSITY CARLOS III OF MADRID)

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In this working paper, we propose a new theory fordownsizing, based on strategic reasons rather than technological ones. A crisis may lead to a decrease in the willingness to cooperate in an organization, and therefore to a bad equilibrium. A consensual downsizing episode may signal credibly that survivors are willing to cooperate, and thus, it maybe optimal and efficiency-enhancing (for the individuals remaining in the organization), as the empirical evidence suggests. A variation of the same mechanism leads to efficient upsizing.

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  • Cabrales Goitia Antonio & Calvó-Armengol Antoni, 2007. "Corporate Downsizing to Rebuild Team Spirit," Working Papers 201084, Fundacion BBVA / BBVA Foundation.
    • Handle: RePEc:fbb:wpaper:201084
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    1. Doh‐Shin Jeon & Domenico Menicucci, 2011. "Interconnection among academic journal websites: multilateral versus bilateral interconnection," RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation, vol. 42(2), pages 363-386, June.

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