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Decentralization, Strategy, and Effectiveness of Strategic Business Units in Multibusiness Organizations
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The relationship between decentralization and the effectiveness of strategic business units (SBUs) within multibusiness organizations is examined. Three strategic continua are considered—Gupta and Govindarajan's (1984) build-harvest, Porter's (1980) differentiation-low cost, and Miles and Snow's (1978) prospector-defender; in each case it is proposed that the degree of decentralization of decision-making authority delegated to the general manager of the SBU should be closely aligned with the SBU's strategy to optimize the effectiveness of the SBU.
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- Authors
- Govindarajan, V.
- Venue
- The Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 1986-10
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 844
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
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- W2112287001
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- 171
- References
- 2
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- 4.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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