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The Size, Structure, and Performance of Corporate Headquarters

SSRN Electronic Journal
2003
  • 17
    Citations
  • 11,103
    Usage
  • 16
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
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Metrics Details

  • Citations
    17
    • Citation Indexes
      17
  • Usage
    11,103
    • Abstract Views
      8,778
    • Downloads
      2,325
  • Captures
    16
    • Readers
      15
    • Exports-Saves
      1
      • SSRN
        1
  • Ratings
    • Download Rank
      12,806

Article Description

Corporate headquarters have not been extensively researched. This paper reports on a survey of the structure and staffing of over 600 corporate headquarters in Europe, USA, Japan and Chile and explores the extent to which they are contingent on corporate strategy (corporate portfolio, structure and policies), ownership and regulation, and country of origin. The results confirm that factors in each of these areas are important determinants of the size and structure of headquarters. The dependence of corporate performance upon the structure and staffing of headquarters is also explored. Although the results are capable of alternative interpretations, they provide no support for the view that "lean and mean" leads to better performance.

Bibliographic Details

David J. Collis; David Young; Michael Goold

Elsevier BV

corporate center; corporate headquarters; corporate strategy; staff; performance

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