Integration through incentives within differentiated organizations

Organization Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 860-875

  Kretschmer, Tobias ^a   Puranam, Phanish ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination; Incentives; Interdivisional relationships; Merger integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349144916     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1070.0352     Document Type: Article

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