From a study of three large design firms in Italy, the UK and the USA, we derive a distinct model of how large knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) firms organize to manage growth and realize economies in ways that differ from the organizational techniques that are familiar from scale and scope studies of large manufacturing enterprises.

Economies of Scope through Multi-unit Skill Systems: The Organization of Large Design Firms

ORDANINI, ANDREA
2012

Abstract

From a study of three large design firms in Italy, the UK and the USA, we derive a distinct model of how large knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) firms organize to manage growth and realize economies in ways that differ from the organizational techniques that are familiar from scale and scope studies of large manufacturing enterprises.
2012
M., Miozzo; M., Lehrer; R., Defillippi; D., Grimshaw; Ordanini, Andrea
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