Misperceiving interactions among complements and substitutes: Organizational consequences

Management Science

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 900-916

  Siggelkow, Nicolaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementarities; Complexity; Division based incentives; Fragility; Interactions; Misperceptions; Organizational design; Substitutes; Supermodularity; Systems of activities

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COMPETITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPLEMENTARITIES; DIVISION-BASED INCENTIVES; INTERACTIONS; MISPERCEPTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; SUBSTITUTES; SUPERMODULARITY; SYSTEM OF ACTIVITIES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0036651092     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.48.7.900.2820     Document Type: Article

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